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Verrazano, sailing for France discovered New York Harbor
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Jamestown is founded on the east coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
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French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Qubec.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims the land that will become New Netherland
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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Pilgrims from England form an English colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The Duke of York drives out eh Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the river, Montreal.
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King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi River Valley and claims the land for France, names it Louisana for King Louis XIV
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A war between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in Ohio Valley.
