European Nations Settle in North America

  • 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

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