European Nations Settle in North America

By jrinnels
  • Apr 3, 1524

    Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

  • Jamestown is founded

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.

  • Samuel de Champlain found the colony of Quebec

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

  • Henry Hudson claims land that will become New Netherland

    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 form 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 renames it New York.

  • Jacques Carier names an island along the River Montreal

    Frenchman jacques Carier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal.

  • King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans

  • Sieur de la Salle explores the lower mississiooi valley river

  • The war between the British and French

    Also known as the French and Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.