European Nations Settle

  • Verrazzano
    1524

    Verrazzano

    sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • frenchman jacques Cartier
    1534

    frenchman jacques Cartier

    navigate the St. Lawerence River names an island along the river Montreal
  • jamestown

    jamestown

    is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
  • french explorer

    french explorer

    samuel de champlain founds the colony of Quebec
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    exploring for the Netherlands claims land that will become new Netherland
  • an epidemic of smallpox

    an epidemic of smallpox

    brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast
  • pilgrims from england

    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 drives out the dutch in New Netherland

    The duke of york claims the colony for England and renames it New York
  • king phillips war

    king phillips war

    begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts between colonist and native Americans
  • sier de la salle explores the lower mississippi valley river

    sier 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
  • war between British and french

    war between British and french

    known as the french and indian war. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio valley