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Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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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 explore, Samuel de chaplain, founded the colony of Quebec
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An epidemic of smallpox, broght by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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Pilgrims form England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachuestts.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New netherlans. The Duke of York claims the colony for englad and renames it New York
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King Phillip's War begin in Colonial village of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sier de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the calley for France and names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Loius XVI
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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.
