European Nations Settle in North America

By CamClark
  • Apr 1, 1524

    Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

  • Apr 1, 1534

    Jacques Cariter navigates the St. Lawrence River. Names an island Along the River Americans

  • Jamestown founded

  • Samuel de Champlain founded the colony of Quebec

  • Henry Hudson claims land that will become New Netherland

  • Smallpox was brought by Europeans

  • Pilgrims found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. He also claims the colony for England and renames it New York.

  • King Phillip's War began. Fought between colonists and Native Americans

  • Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley River. He claims the valley for France. Names it Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV

  • French & Indian War