European Nations Settle in North America

By jordansherman
  • 1524

    1524

    While, Verrazzano was sailing to France he discovered the New York Harbor.

  • 1607

    On the coast of Virginia, Jamestown is founded by 100 English settlers.

  • 1608

    Samuel de Champlain who is a French explorer, he founded the colony of Quebec.

  • 1609

    While exploring the Nettherlands, Henry Hudson claims land that will become New Netherland.

  • 1620

    The Pilgrims found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • 1631

    Many Native Americans die after an epidemic of smallpox (brought by Europeans) on the New England coast.

  • 1664

    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.

  • 1673

    Jacques Cartier, a Frenchman nagigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River Montreal.

  • 1675

    King Phillip's War begins in the Colonial villages of Massachusetts between colonists and Native Americans.

  • 1754

    The French and Indian War between the British and French. This war was fought over land claims in the Ohio Valley.

  • 1773

    While explorying the lower Mississippi Valley River, Sieur de la Salle claims the valley for France and names it Lousiana. The name was in honor of the French King Louis XIV.