European Nations Settle in North America

By Emily Johnson
  • Jan 15, 1524

    Verrazzand..

    Verrazzand..
    sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • Jan 15, 1534

    Frenchman..

    Frenchman..
    Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawewnce River na,e an island along the river Montreal

  • Jamestown..

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

  • French..

    French..
    explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec

  • Henry

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

  • Epicdemic

    Epicdemic
    of smallpox brought by the Europeans kills many Native Americans on the New England coast

  • King

    King
    Phillip's war begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonist and Native Americans

  • War

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