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Jan 1, 1524
Verrazzand, sailing for France discovers New York harbor.
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Jan 1, 1534
Frenchman Jacques Carier navigate the St. lawrence River names an Island along the River Montreal
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English Settlers
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Frnch explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland
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The Duke of York drives out the Duth in nEW nETHERLAND.
The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York -
King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieru 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 -
War between the Birtish and the French, Known as the French and Indian War
The war is fought over disputed land claims in te Ohio Valley