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italian explorer John Cabot explores the coast for England
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Samuel De Chmplain, French explorer and navigator maps the coast
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James the First grants charter to Plymouth company
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Henry Hudson, English explorer and navigator discovered Newbark bay and establishes the Dutch colony of New Netherlands
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Captian John Smith maps the coast
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Swedish settlement led by Peter Minuet starts the New Sweden Colony
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Peter Stuyvesent became the Dutch Governer of the New Netherlands
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the Dutch defeat the Swedes on the Deleware and Stuyvesant took possesion of the New Sweden Colony
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The dutch lose New Amsterdam to the British which is renamed New York after the Duke of York
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King Charles the second btotally ignored any Dutch claims and gave the entire country to his brother, James, Duke of York
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king Phillips War so named after Metacomet of the wampanog tribe who was called Phillip by the English. The war was bloody and bitterly fought by the colonists and the Native Americans alike. During King Phillips War up to 1/3 of the white populaton was wiped out. This warproved to be the final struggle by the Native Americans of New York
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French and Indian war due to disputes over land is won by Great Britian, France gives England all Frengh territory east of the Mississippi River except New Orleans. The spanish give up east and west Florida in return for Cuba.
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The American Revolution creates the United States of America. The revolution was due to the British burdens of taxes and total power to legislte any laws governing the American colonies. George Washington led the American victory over Great Britian in the American Revolutionary War.
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United States Declaration of Independence
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French declares war against Britian and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces
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The date that New York was admitted to the Union was on July 26. the styate motto was crescit eundo
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britian