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jacques cartier navigate the st.lawrence river names and 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, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec
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exploring for the Netherlands claims land that will become new netherland
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from england found an english colony in plymouth massachusets
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Verrazzano sailing for France discovers New York harbor.
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An epedemic of smallpox,brought by europeans kills many native americans on the new england coast
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drives out the dutch in new netherland the duke of new york claims the colony for england and renames it new york
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begins in colonial villages of massachusetts between colonists and native americans
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explorers the lower Mississippi valley river and claims the valley for france and names it lousiana in honor of the french king
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War between the British and French, Known as the French and Indian war. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio valley