European Nations Settle in North America - timeline

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  • 1524

    1524

    1524
    Verrazano sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
  • 1534

    1534

    1534
    Frenchman jacques artier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the River Montreal.

  • 1607

    1607
    jamestown is founded on the coast of virginia by 100 English settlers.

  • 1608

    1608
    French explorer, Samual de Champlain, Founds the colony of Quebec.

  • 1616

    1616
    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New england coast.

  • 1620

    1620
    Pilgrims from England found an english Colony in PLymouth, Massachusetts.

  • 1621

    1621
    Henery Hudson, exploring for the Neherlands, claims land that will become new Netherland

  • 1664

    1664
    The Duke of York drives out the Butch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England renames it New York

  • 1675

    1675
    King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusttes, between colonists and Native Americans.

  • 1683

    1683
    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower mississippi Valley river, and claims the valley for france and names in Louisiana in Honor of the French King Louis xiv

  • 1754

    1754
    war between the british and French, known as the french and indian war. The war if fought over dispute land claims in the Ohio Valley.