European Nations

By Shelby_Bru
  • Apr 17, 1524

    New York Harbor

    Verrazzano, sailing for France, discovers New York Harbor
  • Jun 9, 1534

    St. Lawrence River

    Frenchmen Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River names the island along with the River Montreal

  • Quebec

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founded the colony of Quebec

  • New Netherland

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

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • New York

    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

  • Massachusetts

    King Philip's War begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between Colonists and Native Americans

  • Mississippi Valley river

    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

  • Jamestown

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

  • Ohio River Valley

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

  • New England cost

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast