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Jan 1, 1524
Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Period: Jan 1, 1524 to
European Nations Settle North America
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Jan 1, 1536
Frenchman Jacpues Cartier navigate the St. Lawernce River names an 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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Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth, Massachussetts
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
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A epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. Duke of York claims colony for England and renames it New York
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King Philip's War begins in Colonial villiages of Massachusetts, between colonists 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 Lousiana in honor of the french King Louis XIV
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War between the british and French, known as the French and Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley