European nations settles in North America

By dustin churchwell
  • Period: Dec 31, 1491 to Sep 1, 1557

    Jacques navigates the St.lawerence river and names a island along the river montreal

  • Verrazzano discovers new york harbor
    Apr 17, 1524

    Verrazzano discovers new york harbor

    Verrazzano Sailing for the french sailed towards north america he found the New York harbor.
  • Jamestown has been founded

    Jamestown has been founded

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
  • French explorer, samuel de Champlain founds the colony of Quebec

    French explorer, samuel de Champlain founds the colony of Quebec

    Samuel founds the first colony in canada
  • henry hudson founds the new neitherlands

    henry hudson founds the new neitherlands

  • the Duke of York kicks the Duke of New Neitherlands and turns it in to New York

    the Duke of York kicks the Duke of New Neitherlands and turns it in to New York

  • King Phillips war begins in the colonial villages of Massachusetts.

    King Phillips war begins in the colonial villages of Massachusetts.

    The war is between the indian natives and the colonists over the land.
  • Sieur de la Salle explores the mississippi river and founds Lousiana

    Sieur de la Salle explores the mississippi river and founds Lousiana

    he founds it in the name of the french
  • Pilgrims found a colony in Plymouth Massachusetts

    Pilgrims found a colony in Plymouth Massachusetts

    A group of English Pilgrims create a colony at Plymouth rock
  • Wars between the French and English begin

    Wars between the French and English begin

    As the French and English settlers begin to settle in to the Ohio Valley they begin to have a dispute on who found the land first.
  • An epidemic of smallpox kills many native americans on the new england coast.

    An epidemic of smallpox kills many native americans on the new england coast.

    The epidemic killed nearly 30% of all the native population on the west coast of america