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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England Coast.
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Verrazano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal.
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Jamestown id founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English Settlers
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Explored the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands
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French Explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.
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Pilgrims from England found English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.
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King Philip's War began in the Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieur De la Salle explores the lower Mississippi valley river, and claims the valley fro 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 clams in the Ohio Valley.
