European Nations Settle in North America

By trent.d.g
  • Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
    Jan 19, 1524

    Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

  • Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal
    Jan 19, 1534

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal

  • Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

  • Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands

  • French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec

  • Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland

    The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland

    The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renbames it New York
  • King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachuesetts, between colonists and Native Americans

    King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachuesetts, between colonists and Native Americans

  • Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV

    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV

  • War between the British and French

    War between the British and French

    French and Indian War
  • An epidemic of smallpox, brought by the Europeans

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by the Europeans

    kills many Native Americans on the New England coast

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