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Verrazano sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Frenchman jacques artier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along 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, Samual de Champlain, Founds the colony of Quebec.
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New england coast.
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Pilgrims from England found an english Colony in PLymouth, Massachusetts.
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Henery Hudson, exploring for the Neherlands, claims land that will become new Netherland
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The Duke of York drives out the Butch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England renames it New York
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King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusttes, 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 in Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis xiv
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war between the british and French, known as the french and indian war. The war if fought over dispute land claims in the Ohio Valley.
