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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River, Montreal.
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English Settlers.
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French explorer, known as Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.
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A smallpox epidemic, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England Coast.
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Pilgrims from England found and English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.
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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 Philip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
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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
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War broke out between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in Ohio Valley.
