European Nations Settle in North America

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  • 1524

    1524

    1524
    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
  • 1534

    1534

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal.

  • 1606

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

  • 1608

    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.

  • 1609

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.

  • 1616

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.

  • 1620

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • 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.

  • 1675

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

  • 1683

    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river and claims the valley for France and names it Lousiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV.

  • 1754

    War between the British and French, known as the French & Indian War. The war fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley