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Verazzano, sailing to France discovers New Yorl
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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 1000 English settlers.
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French explorer Samuel de Chanplain, founds the colony of Quebec
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought Europeans, kills many native americans on the New England coast.
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth Massachuestts.
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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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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Lousiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV
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War between the British and French, known as the French and Indian War. The War is fought over disputed land clams in the Ohio Valley
