Europea Nations Settle in North America

  • Verrazzano
    Jan 1, 1524

    Verrazzano

    sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    Is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
  • Sanuel de Champlain

    Sanuel de Champlain

    Finds the colony of Quebec
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
  • An epidemic of Smallpox

    An epidemic of Smallpox

    brought by Europeans kills many native americans on the New England coast
  • Pilgrims from England

    Pilgrims from England

    found an English colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • The Duke of York

    The Duke of York

    drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York
  • Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier

    Navigates the St. Lawrence river names and island along the River Montreal
  • King Phillip's war

    King Phillip's war

    begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
  • Sieur de la Salle

    Sieur de la Salle

    explores the lower Mississippi Volley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV
  • War between the British and French

    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