European Nations Settle in North America

By caelwyatt23
  • Apr 15, 1524

    Verrazzano

    Sailing for France, discovers New York Harbor
  • Apr 15, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river Montreal.

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.

  • Quebec

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.

  • Smallpox

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.

  • Plymouth

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • The New Netherlands

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.

  • New York

    The Duke of York drives ou the Dutch in New Netherlands, claims that colony for England and renames it New York.

  • King Phillip's War

    War begins in colonial villages of Massachusettes, between colonists and Native Americans

  • Louisiana

    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Lousiiana in honor of the FrenchKing Louis XIV

  • French and Indian War

    War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley