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Verrazano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River names an 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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AN epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans of the New England coast.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands.
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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 was is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Vally.
