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Apr 17, 1524
Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Jamestown was founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
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French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founded the colony of Quebec.
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that wil become New Netherland.
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth,Massachusetts.
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renamed it New York.
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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.
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French & Indian War
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast.
