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While, Verrazzano was sailing to France he discovered the New York Harbor.
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On the coast of Virginia, Jamestown is founded by 100 English settlers.
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Samuel de Champlain who is a French explorer, he founded the colony of Quebec.
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While exploring the Nettherlands, Henry Hudson claims land that will become New Netherland.
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The Pilgrims found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Many Native Americans die after an epidemic of smallpox (brought by Europeans) 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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Jacques Cartier, a Frenchman nagigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River Montreal.
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King Phillip's War begins in the Colonial villages of Massachusetts between colonists and Native Americans.
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The French and Indian War between the British and French. This war was fought over land claims in the Ohio Valley.
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While explorying the lower Mississippi Valley River, Sieur de la Salle claims the valley for France and names it Lousiana. The name was in honor of the French King Louis XIV.