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Verazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Frenchman Jaques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virgina by 100 English settlers
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French Explorer, Samuel de Champlain founds the colony Quebec
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Henry Hudson explores the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.
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Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York
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King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusettes, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieor 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
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War between the British and French, known as the French and Indian war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley
