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Verrazzand, sailing for France and discovered New York Harbor.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river Montreal.
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Jamestown is founded on teh 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, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.
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King Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
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A war between the British and French, known as the French and Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
