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John Cabot explored the coast of Newfoundland, hoping to find a route to japan.
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Juan Ponce de Leon explored the east coast of Florida and the Florida Keys.
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Italian Giovani de Verrazano explored the Atlantic coast in hope to find a route to the Indies
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Jacques Cartier of France sailed the St. Lawrence river to Montreal.
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Hernando do Soto ranged throughout the southeast.
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Fransisco Vasquez de Coronado seached the southwest and southern Great Plains for the mystical Seven Cities of Cibola.
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The Spanish founded St. Augustine, the first permantent settlement in America.
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The English founded a colony at Roanoake, which later disappeared without a trace. This failure suspended English Colonial efforts until 1606.
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The London company was granted authorization to establish settlements.
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The first permanent English settlement was Jamestown, established by English colonists in Virginia.
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The first Fench settlement founded by Samuel de Champlain was Quebec, for France.
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Searching for a northwest passage to Asia, English navigator Henry Hudson explored the Delaware Bay and New York Harbour.
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The Spanish established Santa Fe as an admnistrative and missionary center.
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In search of religious freedom the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the first English colony in New England.
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The Dutch established their first settlement at Fort Orange, which is now known as Albany, New york.
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Most famous acquisition of all, New Amsterdam was established after the purchase of Manhattan Island.
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The first Swedish colony was established at Fort Christina, now known as Wilmington, Delaware.
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The Mid-Atlantic region was well established- the Swedish in New Sweden, the Dutch in New Netherlands, and the British in Virginia and New England. Expansion efforts, teamed with European rivalries, soon lead to conflicts.
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Marquette and Joliet explored the central Mississippi River.
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Louis Hennepin explored the upper Mississippi.
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La Salle descended the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the entire watershed for France, naming the region Louisiana after King Louis XIV. William Penn established Philadelphia
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The Spanish founded a settlement at Pensacola
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The Spanish established the first permanent settlement in Louisiana.
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The Spanish founded Albuquerque.
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New Orleans Was settled by the French.
