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  • 1524

    Verrazano

    Verrazano sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names and island along the River Montreal

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 200 English settlers

  • Samuel de Champlain

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec

  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland

  • Smallpox

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • Duke of York

    the Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands. the Duck of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.

  • King Philip

    king Philip's war begins in the colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and native Americans

  • Sieur de la Salle

    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV

  • French & Indian War

    War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.