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Apr 3, 1524
Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Apr 3, 1534
Frenchman Jacques cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island along the river of montreal
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Jamestown is founded on coast of virginia by 100 English Settlers
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French Explorer, Sameul de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become new netherland
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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, massachuets
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for england and remanes it New York
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King Phillips War begins in Colonial villages of massachusetts between colonists and native americans
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Sieur de la salle explores the lower mississipi valley river, and claims the valley for france and names it louisana in Honor of the french King Louis XIV
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War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.