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Verranzo sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island River Montreal.
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English Settlers
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French Explorer, Samuel De Champlain, founds colony of Quebec
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans , kills many native Americans.
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York,
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King Phillips War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonist 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 between the British and French. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley
