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Apr 3, 1524
Verrazzano
Sailing for France discovers New York Harbor -
Apr 4, 1553
Jacques Cartier
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St.Lawrence River names an island Along the River Montreal. -
Jamestown
Founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers. -
Quebec
French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec -
New Netherland
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland. -
Smallpox
An 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. -
New York
The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York. -
King Phillips War
Beings in Colonial villages of Massachusetts,between colonists and Native Americans. -
Mississippi Valley
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. -
French and Indian War
The war was fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley