European nations Settle in north america

Verrazzano

Apr 15, 1524

Frenchman

Apr 15, 1534

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

Jamestown

Apr 15, 1607

French Explorer

Apr 15, 1608

Henry Hudson

Apr 15, 1609

Exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New netherland

An epidemic of smallpox

Apr 15, 1616

Piligrams

Apr 15, 1620

from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts

The Duke of York

Apr 15, 1664

drives out the Dutch in New netherland. The Dile of York claims the colony for England and renames it New york

King Philip's War

Apr 15, 1675

begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts between colonists and native Americans

Sieur de la Salle

Apr 15, 1683

explores the lower Mississippi Velley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV

War betweem the British and French

Apr 15, 1754