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1507
Verrazano sailing for France discovers New York harbor
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1534
frenchman cariter navigates the St. lawrence river names and island along the river montreal
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Jamestown was founded
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Henry Hudson explores netherlands claims land that will become new netherlands
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French explorer Samual De Champlin found colony in Qubec
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pilgrims found and english colony
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the duke of new york drives out the dutch in the new netherlands the duke of new york claims the colony for england and renames it new york
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king Philips war begins
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Sieur de la salle expolers the lower Mississippi valley river and claimes the valley for france
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war between the British and the French also known as the French and Indian war
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an epidemic of smallpox brought by the Europeans kills many native Americans