European Nations Settle in Noth America Timeline

Verrazzano

Jan 1, 1524

Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

Jacques Cartier

Apr 24, 1534

Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island along the River Montreal

Jamestown founded

Apr 23, 1607

Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

Samuel de Champlain finds Quebec

Apr 23, 1608

French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.

Henry Hudson-New Netherlands

Apr 23, 1609

Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New NEtherland.

Smallpox

Apr 23, 1616

And epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.

Pilgrims

Apr 24, 1620

Pilgrims from England found an England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Duke of York

Apr 24, 1664

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.

King Phillip's war

Apr 23, 1675

King Phillip's War begins in COlonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.

Sieur de la Salle

Apr 24, 1683

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 Lous XIV

French & Indian War

Apr 23, 1754

War between teh British and French, known as the French and Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.