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Jan 1, 1524
Varrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Jan 18, 1534
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal.
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virinia by 100 English settlers.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.
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An eqidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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Pilgrims from England found am English Colony in Plymouth, Massahusetts.
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King phillip's War begains in Colonial villages of Massachsetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
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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.
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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.
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French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.