European Nations Settle in North America

By sadie.walton
  • Apr 3, 1524

    Discovery of New York Harbor

    Discovery of New York Harbor
    Verrazzand discovers New York Harbor while atttempting to sail for France.
  • Apr 3, 1535

    Montreal Discovered

    Montreal Discovered
    The Frenchman, Jacques Cartier, names an island Montreal while he is traveling the St. Lawrence river.

  • Jamestown Founded

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

  • Quebec Founded

    Quebec Founded
    The French Explorer, named Samuel do Champlain, found the colony of Quebec.

  • Henry Hudson Claims New Netherland.

    Henry Hudson Claims New Netherland.
    While Henry Hudson is exploring the Netherlands, he claims the lands that will one day become New Netherland

  • Plymouth Colony Founded

    Plymouth Colony Founded
    Pilgrims from Egland form a religious colony in Massachusetts named Plymouth.

  • Kings Phillips War Begins

    Kings Phillips War Begins
    A war, known as King Phillips, begins in the colonial villages of Massachusettes between the colonists and neighboring Native Americans

  • Louisiana Claimed for France.

    Louisiana Claimed for France.
    Frenchman Sieur de la Salle is explorind the lower Mississippi river valley, when he claims the valley and names it Louisianna, after king Louis XIV.