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Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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James town is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
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French Explorer, Samuel de Champlain Found colony of Quebec.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.
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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 found and English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartiers navigates the St. Lawrence River names an island along the RiverMontreal.
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King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, Between colonist and Native Americans.
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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.
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War between the British and French, Known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
