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By bubbles0692
  • Verrazzano
    Apr 3, 1524

    Verrazzano

    Verrazzano sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • Jacques Cartier
    Apr 3, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lwarencd River names an island along the river montreal
  • Jamestown is Founded

    Jamestown is Founded

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

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

    Smallpox

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

    pilgrims

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, massachusetts
  • The Duke of York

    The Duke of 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