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Verrazano Sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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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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Henry Hudson, Exploring for the New Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.
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An epidemic of smallpox, 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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The Duke of York drives the dutch out of new Netherland, The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the st. Lawrence River and names an island along the river Montreal.
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King Phillip's War begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
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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.
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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.
