European Nations Settle in North America

St. Lawrence River

Apr 15, 1534

Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River names an Island along the River Montreal.

New York Harbor

Apr 15, 1542

Verrazzano, sailing for franch disocvers New York Harbor

Jamestown is founded

Apr 15, 1607

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

Colony of Quebec

Apr 15, 1608

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

Exploring Neatherlands

Apr 15, 1609

Henry Hudson, ecploring for the Netherlands, clams land that will become New Netherlands.

Smallpox

Apr 15, 1616

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

English Colony

Apr 15, 1620

Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The Duke of York

Apr 15, 1664

The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands. The Duke of York clamis the colony for England and renames it New York.

King Phillip's War

Apr 15, 1675

King Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.

Lower Mississippi Valley River

Apr 15, 1683

Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France and maes it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV.

French & Indian War

Apr 15, 1754

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