European Nations.

By tayray
  • 1520

    Smallpox

    Smallpox
    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast
  • 1524

    Verrazzano

    Verrazzano
    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
  • 1534

    frenchman Jacques Cartier

    frenchman Jacques Cartier
    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawerance River names an island along the River Montreal

  • Jamestown

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

  • Henry Hudson

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

  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain
    The French explirier Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec

  • England Pilgrams

    England Pilgrams
    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • Duke

    Duke
    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.

  • King Phillip War

    King Phillip War
    King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans

  • Sieur de la Salle

    Sieur de la Salle
    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Vally River, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor of the French king Louis XIV

  • French and British war

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