Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands
French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec
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 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
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
French and Indian War
An epidemic of smallpox, brought by the Europeans
kills many Native Americans on the New England coast
