European Nation- World History

By TobyRocks23
  • 1524

    Verrazano

    Verrazano
    Verrazano sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • 1534

    Frenchman

    Frenchman
    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal.

  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

  • French Explorer

    French Explorer
    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.

  • Epidemic

    Epidemic
    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native americans on the New England coast.

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims
    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • The Duke of York

    The Duke of York
    The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.

  • Sieur de la Salle

    Sieur de la Salle
    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.

  • King Philips

    King Philips
    King Philip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachussettes, between colonists and Native Americans.

  • War

    War
    War between the British and French, known as the French, know as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.