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When he was sailing for France, he stumbled upon New York Harbor.
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This Frenchman navigated the St. Lawrence and named an island along the River Montreal, now called Anticosti Island.
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Jamestown was founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
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The French explorer founded the colony of Quebec in modern day Canada.
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An explorer for the Netherlands, Henry Hudson, claims land for Netherland to become New Netherland in the future.
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The Europeans on the New England coast brought over smallpox, which had not yet been exposed to Native Americans, and hence killed many Native Americans.
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English Pilgrims founded an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The Duke of York drives the Dutch out of New Netherland, claims the colony for England, and names it New York.
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King Phillip's War was fought between colonists and Native Americans and began in the Colonial villages of Massachusetts.
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The Frenchman explored the lower Mississippi Valley river, claims the land for France, and names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV.
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It is fought between the British and French over disputed land claims in Ohio Valley.
