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Mar 16, 1524
Verrazano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
Verrazano was sent by the king of France to explore. Verrazano was sailing and stumbled upon the New York Harbor. He discovered it with his crew in 1524. -
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 english settlers
Virginia was found by a crew of about 100. A few years after that they decided to name it Jamestown. They stayed there and told more people from their land to come over to the new land. -
French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain was an explorer that found Canada. He went exploring on year and found Canada. He would later name it Quebec. That is still there tell this day. -
Henery Hudson findes the Netherlands
He went exploring one day and found the Netherlands. This time someone actually got where they wanted to go. He found the Netherlands and invited his people to join him there. -
Small Pox kills in America
Small Pox was a disease was brought by the european explorers in search of new land. They found the Native Americans and spread the disease to them on accident. -
King Philip's War begings in Massachusttes
Again this was a fight over who got what land. It resulted in a lot of deaths and split land. The fight ended and the land was still as valuable as when it started. -
The war between the British and French is faught
A war between the British and the French broke out. It was a fight for land. It eventually resulted in claims for land in the Ohio Valley. -
Jaques Cartier finds the St. Lawrence river
He decided to explore and found the St. Lawrence river. He invited everyone to water. He helped people get a clean source of water from his old land.
