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sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawewnce River na,e an island along the river Montreal
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is founded on the coast of Virgina by 100 English settlers
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explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec
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Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
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of smallpox brought by the Europeans kills many Native Americans on the New England coast
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Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonist and Native Americans
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between the British and French know as the French and Indian war. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.