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sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
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Finds the colony of Quebec
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exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
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brought by Europeans kills many native americans on the New England coast
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found an English colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York
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Navigates the St. Lawrence river names and island along the River Montreal
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begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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explores the lower Mississippi Volley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV
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Known as the French and Indian war. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley