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A French explorer named Verrazzano who is sailing for France finds New York Harbor.
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Three ships went from England to the coast of Virginia. Their first settlement was called Jamestown.
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Henry Hudson was exploring the Netherlands and claims land to because New Netherland.
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The Europeans brought the smallpox disease to the Americas and kills many native Americans on the coast.
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Pilgrims from England founded Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The Duke of York runs out the Dutch in New Netherland and claims the spot for England and names it New York.
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Jacques Cartier, a Frenchman, navigated the St. Lawrence River and names an island Montreal.
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A war between colonists and Native Americans breaks out in Colonial villages of Massachusetts.
