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Verrazano sailing for france discovers New York Harbor
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island alone 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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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become new Netherland.
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Pilgrims from England found found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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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.
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King Phillip's war beings in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV
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War between the British and French, known as the French & indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
