Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
Jamestown was founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founded the colony of Quebec.
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that wil become New Netherland.
Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth,Massachusetts.
The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renamed it New York.
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.
French & Indian War
An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast.
