European Nations Settle in North America

  • Mar 30, 1524

    Verrazzano

    Verrazzano
    He was sailing for France, He found the New York Harbor instead
  • Apr 3, 1534

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier

    He navigated the St Lawerence river and names an island along the river Montreal
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown is founded on the coast on the Coast of Virginia
  • Samuel De Champlain

    Samuel De Champlain
    Found the colony of Quebec
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
    Exploring for the Netherlands, Founds New Netherlands
  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims from England found an english colony in Plymouth, Massachuests
  • Duke of York

    Drives out the Dutch in New Netherlands.
  • King Philips War

    King Philips War
    It began in colonial villages against colonist and Natives
  • Sieur Da La Salle

    Explored the Lower Mississippi valley
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    War between the British and the French. Fought in the Ohio valley