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A french sailor who discovers the New York Harbor.
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French Sailor, who navigated St. Lawrence and named an Island along the way Montreal.
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English Settlers.
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Founds the colony of Quebec for the French.
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Exploring for the Dutch, claims land that will be New Netherlands.
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Epidemic of small pox, brought by europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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From England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Mass.
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Drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. Claims the colony for England and renames it New York.
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Begins in Colonial villages of Msss., between colonists and Natives
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Explores the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor the French King Louis
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War between the Brits and the French, the war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley
