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Verrazzano, sailing for France, discovers New York Harbor.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island 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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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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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland and claims the colony for England, renaming it to New York.
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King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and native Americans.
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The war ends when the chief of the Native American tribe they're fighting is assassianted.
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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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The war between the British and French, known as the French and Indian War, was fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley
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The war came to an end with the British winning.
