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Verrazzano was a French sailer who discovered the New York
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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 who founded 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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Smallpox epidemic brought by Europeans kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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The Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth, Massechusetts.
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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 renames it New york
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King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massechusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
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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
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War between the British and French, known as the French and Indian was. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
