Varrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
Jan 18, 1534
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal.
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virinia by 100 English settlers.
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.
An eqidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
Pilgrims from England found am English Colony in Plymouth, Massahusetts.
King phillip's War begains in Colonial villages of Massachsetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Vally river, and claims the vally for France and names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV.
War between the British and the French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Vally.
French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.
