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In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492.
1697 – The Treaty of Ryswick ends King William's War and restores all colonial possessions to pre-war ownership. 1698 – The Parliament of England's Trade with Africa Act 1697 comes into effect, ending the Royal African Company's monopoly on English trade with Africa, including the Atlantic slave trade.
Albany Congress, where plans of colonial union are unveiled. Columbia University founded as King's College by George II Royal Charter. 1755 – Braddock Expedition. 1755–58 – Expulsion of the Acadians. 1756 – Beginning of Seven Years' War in Europe. Battle of Fort Oswego. 1757 – Siege of Fort William Henry.
Ancient and Pre-Columbian Mexico. Olmecs (1500 BC- 400 BC) Mayans (3000 BC – 600 AD) Teotihuacan (1 AD - 500 AD) Toltecs (800 AD - 1000 AD) Aztecs (1000 AD – 1512 AD) Colonial Mexico. Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519 – 1521) New Spain (1535 - 1821) Independence Era. Mexican War of Independence (1810 - 1821) First Mexican Empire (1821 -1823)
Timeline of pre–United States history; Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)
Timeline and periods. Prehistoric and Pre-Columbian Era: until 1607: Colonial Era: 1607–1765: 1776–1789 ... Colonial families were large, and these small ...
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, and complex societal hierarchies. In North America, indigenous cultures in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the Middle Archaic period built complexes of multiple mounds, with several in Louisiana dated to 5600–5000 BP (3700 BC–3100 BC).
The colonial period lasted approximately three centuries, from the early 16th to the early 19th centuries, when Brazil and the larger Hispanic American nations declared independence. The United States obtained independence from Great Britain much earlier, in 1776, while Canada formed a federal dominion in 1867 and received legal independence in ...