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May 12, 1524
Verrazzano, Sailing for France discovers new York Harbor
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May 12, 1534
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names and 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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French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founded 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 Netherland, claims land that will become New Netherland.
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The Duke of York drives out the New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony fro England and renames it New York.
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King Philip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts between colonists and Native Americans.
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Sieur de la Salle explorers the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana n Honor of the french King Louis XIV.
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War between the British and French, known as the French and Indian War. The war is fought over distributes land claims in the Ohio Valley.