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Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Frenchman Jacqes Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River Montreal.
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Henry Hidson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.
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An empidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on teh 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. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it 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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War between British and French, known as the French and Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
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