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verrazand, sails for france discovers New York Harbor.
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Jamestone founded on the coast of virgina by 100 english settlers.
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The frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river montreal.
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Henry Hudson, explores for the netherlands, claims land that will become New netherlands
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an epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
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King Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of massachuetts, between colonist and Native Americans.
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war between the 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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the French explore, Samuel de champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.