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Jan 1, 1524
Discovery of New York Harbor
The French sailor Verrazzand discovered the New York Harbor. -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal. -
Quebec founded
French explorer Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec. -
Finding of Jamestown
Jamestown is found by 100 English Settlers on the coast of Virginia. -
Smallpox Epidemic
A smallpox epidemic breaks out killing many native Americans on the coast. -
Plymoth, Massachusetts
Pilgrims from England found Plymouth Massachusetts. -
New Netherland
Nerthland explorer Henry Hudson claimed New Netherland. -
New York
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. -
King Phillips war
King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Navie Americans. -
French and British war
The war between the French and British begin. Known and the French & Indian war. The war was faught over land in the Ohio Valley -
Discovery of Louisiana
Sieur de la Salle explored the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in HOnor of the French king Louis XIV
