Northamericasmall

European Nations Settle In North America

By KaylahMcD
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Verrazzano sails for France and discovers New York Harbor

    Verrazzano sails for France and discovers New York Harbor
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier navigates the St. LAwrence River names island along the River Montreal

  • Jamestown is founded on Virginia's coast by 100 English settlers

    Jamestown is founded on Virginia's coast by 100 English settlers

  • Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

    Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

  • Henry Hudson, after exploring the Netherlands, claims that the land will be New Netherlands

  • Small Pox breaks out, killing 90% of Native Americans

    Small Pox breaks out, killing 90% of Native Americans

  • Pilgrims found the English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • King Phillip's War begins in Colonial Massachusetts (between colonists and Native Americans)

    King Phillip's War begins in Colonial Massachusetts (between colonists and Native Americans)

  • Sieur de la Salle claims the lower Mississippi Valley for France

    Sieur de la Salle claims the lower Mississippi Valley for France
    He names it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV

  • French and Indian War breaks out

    French and Indian War breaks out
    The war was over land claims in the Ohio Valley.

  • The Duke of York drives out the Dutch from New Netherland; Claims the Colony for England and renames it New York

    The Duke of York drives out the Dutch from New Netherland; Claims the Colony for England and renames it New York