north america

  • Jan 30, 1520

    small pox

    a smallpox epidemic wipes out many native americans on the new england coast
  • Period: Jan 30, 1520 to

    time span

  • Jan 30, 1524

    new york

    verrazzand sails and finds the new york harbor
  • Jan 30, 1534

    jacques cartier

    jacques cartier navigates the st lawrence river along montereal
  • jamestown

    jamestown was founded in virginia by english settelers
  • qubec

    french explorer samuel de champion founds the colony of qubec
  • pilgrims

    pilgrims from england found the city of plymouth in massachusetts
  • henry hudson

    henery hudson explores the netherlands and claims that new land will be new ntherlands
  • the duke

    the duke of york drives the dutch out of the new netherlands and claims it for england as new york