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Jamestown is founded
It was founded by 100 English settlers on the coast of Virginia. -
Quebec is Founded
The French explorer, Samuel de Champlain founded the Colony of Quebec. -
Henry Hudson Claims Land
Henry Hudson explores the Netherlands and claims the land that later becomes the New Netherland. -
Smallpox on New England Coast
Epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast. -
Pilgrims
Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. -
Duke of York
The Duke drive out the Dutch in New Netherland. He claims the colony for England and rebnames it New York. -
King Phillip's War
War begins between colonists and Native Americans in the Colonial villages of Massachusetts. -
Lower Mississippi is claimed
Sieur de la Salle explored the lower half of the Mississippi Valley River and claims it. He named it Louisiana in Honor of French King Louis XIV.
