European Nations Settle in North America

By MarcoJose
  • Apr 3, 1524

    Verrazzano

    Sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • Apr 4, 1553

    Jacques Cartier

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St.Lawrence River names an island Along the River Montreal.

  • Jamestown

    Founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.

  • Quebec

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

  • New Netherland

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.

  • Smallpox

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • New York

    The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.

  • King Phillips War

    Beings in Colonial villages of Massachusetts,between colonists and Native Americans.

  • Mississippi Valley

    Sieur 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 XIV.

  • French and Indian War

    The war was fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley