European Nations Settle in America

By Stinger 2008
  • Apr 17, 1524

    Verrazzano, sailing for France, discovers New York Harbor.

    Verrazzano, sailing for France, discovers New York Harbor.
    King Francis I to promote an expedition aimed to find a passage to the west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Frenchmen Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island along the River Montreal.

    Frenchmen Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island along the River Montreal.
    Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River

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

    Jamestown was founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers.
    104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement

  • French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founded the colony of Quebec.

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founded the colony of Quebec.
    An important figure in Canadian history

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

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.
    he claimed the land along its banks for the Netherlands

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

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast.
    most Native Americans living on the southeastern coast of present-day Massachusetts died from a mysterious disease

  • Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    The Pilgrims were the English settlers who traveled to America on the Mayflower

  • 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.

    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.
    The English renamed the colony New York, after James, the Duke of York

  • King Philip's War begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between Colonists and Native Americans.

    King Philip's War begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between Colonists and Native Americans.
    a band of Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swansea, Massachusetts, and massacre the English colonists there

  • 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.

    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.
    The exploration reached an area that is now Memphis, Tennessee, where La Salle built a small fort, named Fort Prudhomme.

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

    War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio River Valley.
    The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire