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Verrazano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier 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 Samuel de Champlain, founded colony of Quebec
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kill many native Americans on New England coast
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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King Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, 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 it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV
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