European Nations Settle in North America

By JoshPeterson60
  • Jan 1, 1524

    New York Harbor

    New York Harbor
    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Island Along River Montreal

    Island Along River Montreal
    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawerence River names an island along the River Montreal.

  • Jamestown Founded

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

  • Colony of Quebec

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

  • Exploring The Netherlands

    Exploring The Netherlands
    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, cliams land that will become New Netherland.

  • Smallpox

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

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts

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

  • New York

    New York
    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.

  • War In Colonial Villages

    War In Colonial Villages
    King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonist and Native Americans.

  • Louisiana

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

  • French & Indian War

    French & Indian War
    War between the British and French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land clains in the Ohio Valley.