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Henry Hudson, exploring the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
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French explorer, Samuel de Champlain , founds the colony of Quebec.
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal.
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Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Eurpoeans, 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. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York
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King Phillip's War begins in Colonia villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley
