European Nations Settle in North America

  • Apr 3, 1524

    Verrazzano

    Verrazzano
    Verrazzano was a French sailer who discovered the New York
  • Apr 3, 1535

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier
    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River, names an island along the river Montreal
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain
    French Explorer who founded the colony of Quebec
  • Henry Hudson

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

    Smallpox Epidemic
    Smallpox epidemic brought by Europeans kills many native Americans on the New England coast.
  • The Pilgrims

    The Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth, Massechusetts.
  • The 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

    King Phillip
    King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massechusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.
  • Sieur de la Salle

    Sieur de la Salle
    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

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