1492: Columbus lands in the Bahamas 1520: Spanish explorers bring smallpox to the Mexican mainland 1521: Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan 1598: New Mexico founded by Juan de Onate 1600: East India Company was founded 1739: Stono Rebellion 1676-1677: the rebellion of Nathaniel Bacon 1744-1748: King George's War 1686: Dominion of New England 1730s-1740s: The Great Awakening 1732: Hat Act and Debt Recovery Act 1754-1763: French and Indian War 1754: Albany Congress 1763: Chief Pontiac's rebellion 1770: Boston Massacre 1773: Boston Tea Party 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War 1776: Colonies declare independence from Great Britain 1777: Articles of Confederation 1785-1795: Northwest Indian War (Little Turtle's War) 1787: Constitutional Convention 1787: The Northwest Ordinance is formed