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Apr 17, 1524
Verrazano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
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Apr 17, 1535
Frenchman Jacques Cartier names an Island along the River Montreal
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers
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Henry Hudson claims the Netherlands, named it New Netherland
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Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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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 Phillip's War begins
Begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between the colonists and Native Americans -
Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the vall for France and names it Louisiana.
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French & Indian War
War between the British and French, this war was fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley -
French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, finds the colony of Quebec.
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Epidemic of smallpox
Brought by Europeans, killed many native Americans on the New England coast.