European Nation Settle In North America

By MadisonDennyWeber
  • Jan 1, 1524

    1524

    1524
    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

  • Jamestown

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

  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain
    French Explorer, Samuel de Champlain Found colony of Quebec.

  • Henry Hudson

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

  • Smallpox

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

  • Pilgrims

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

  • Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier
    Frenchman Jacques Cartiers navigates the St. Lawrence River names an island along the RiverMontreal.

  • King Phillips

    King Phillips
    King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, Between colonist and Native Americans.

  • Sieur de la Salle

    Sieur de la Salle
    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the Valley for France and names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV.

  • War

    War
    War between the British and French, Known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.