European Nations Settle in North America

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  • Jan 1, 1524

    Verrazano

    Verrazano, Sailing for France discovers the New York Harbor.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier

    French Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the river Montreal.

  • Jamestown

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

  • Frensh Explorer Samuel de Champlain

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

  • Henry Hudson

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

  • An epidemic of smallpox

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

  • Pilgrims from England

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

  • The Duke of York

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