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Apr 15, 1524
Verrazzo, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Apr 18, 1534
Frenchman Jacues Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River names an Island along the River Montreal.
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virgina by 100 English settlers.
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French explorer, Samuael de Champlin, 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 Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for 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 explores the lower Missisippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisians in honor of the French king Louis XIV
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War between the British and the French, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley