North American European Exploration

By daltonschwartz
  • Jan 1, 1524

    New York Harbor

    Verrazzano, sailing for France discover New York Harbor
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Montreal

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown is founded on the the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.

  • Quebec

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, finds the colony of Quebec

  • Netherlands

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland

  • Smallpox

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast

  • Pilgrims Find an English Colony

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • New York

    The Duke of York drives out of the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York