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Jan 1, 1524
New York Harbor
Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river Montreal -
Jamestown
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers -
Samuel de Champlain
French exployer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland -
Smallpox
An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast -
Pilgrims
Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts -
The Duke of York
The Duke of York deives out the Dutch in New Netherland. They Duke of York claims the colony of England and renames it New York