European nations Settle in North America

Verrazzand

Apr 22, 1524

Sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

Jacques Cartier

Apr 22, 1534

Navigates the St. Lawrence River names and Island along the River Montreal

Plymouth

Apr 22, 1602

Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Jamestown

Apr 22, 1607

Jamestown is founded on te coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

Samuel de Champlain

Apr 22, 1608

Founde the colony of Quebec, and was a French explorer.

Henry Hudson

Apr 22, 1609

Explored for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.

Smallpox

Apr 23, 1616

An epidemic of smallpox brought by the Europeans, killed many native Americans on the New England coast.

King Phillip's War

Apr 23, 1622

Begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans

The Duke of York

Apr 23, 1664

The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England adn renames it New York.

Sieur de la Salle

Apr 23, 1683

Explored the lower Mississippi valley river, ad claimed the valley for France. He named it Louisiana in honor of the French Kind Louis XIV

French & Indian War

Apr 23, 1754

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