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Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the st. Lawrence River and names and Island along the River Montreal
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
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French explorer, Samuel De Champlain , founds the colony of Quebec
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become new Netherlands
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an epidemic of small pox, brought by Europeans, kills many native americans on the new England coast
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands. the Duke of York claims victory for England and renames it New York
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King Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonist and native americans
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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi valley River and claims the valley for France and names it Louisianna in honor of the french king
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War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian war. the war is fought over land dispute claim in the Ohio Valley
