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Mar 24, 1524
Off To Sea
Verrazzano sails to France. Instead he finds New York Harbor. -
Jan 15, 1534
Jaques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an Island Along the River Montreal. -
Founding Jamestown
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers. -
Founding Quebec
Samuel de Champlain, a French explorer, founds the colony of Quebec. -
The Claiming of New Netherland
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims a land that will become New Netherland. -
The Smallpox Epidemic
The Europeans bring an epidemic of smallpox that kills many native Americans on the New England coast. -
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. -
Renaming New Netherland
The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke claims the colony for England and renames it New York. -
King Phillip's War Begins
King Phillip's War, between colonists and Native Americans, begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts. -
The Claim of Lousisiana
Sieur de la Salle, a french explorer, explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France. He names it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV. -
The French & Indian War
The French and Indian War, between the British and the French, is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
