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Verrazano sailing for France Discovers New York Harbor
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Verrazano sailing for france duscivers New York Harbor
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of VIrginia by 100 English Settlers
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French Explorer, Samuel de Champlai, founds the colony of Quebec
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachsetts
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Henry Hudson, enploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will necome new Netherland.
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Nerherland. The Duke of york claims the colony for England and renames it New York.
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King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villahes of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Iower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Lousisana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV
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The War between the British and French, known as the Fench and Indian war. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley
