Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
Apr 15, 1534
Frenchman Jacques Cattier navagates the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river Montreal
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settelers
French explorer, Samuel de Chamolain, founds the coloney of Quebec
an epidemic of smallpox, brought by eruopeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast
Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymoth Massachusetts
Henery Hudson, exploring for the Neterlands, claims land that woll become new netherland
The Duke of York drives out th dutch in Bew Netherland. The Duke of York Claims the colony for England and renaims it New York
King phillip's War begins in the Colonial villages of Massachuttes, between colonistis and Native Americans
Sieur de la Salle explores the lower mississippi valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Lousiania in honor of the French King Louis XIV
War between the British and Frence, known as the French and Indian war. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley