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Verrazano, who was sailing for France, discovered the New York Harbor.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and finds an Island. He names in Montreal and claims it for France.
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The town was founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
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French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.
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An epidemic of smallpox, which was brought by the Europeans to America, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Massachusetts, which they named Plymouth.
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Explorer Henry Hudson, ventured in the Netherlands and claimed land that would become known as the New Netherlands.
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The war began in 166, in the Colonial villages of Massachusetts. It was fought betweent he colonists and Native Americans.
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A war between the French and British, also known as the French and Indian war began. The war was fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.