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Period: Dec 31, 1491 to Sep 1, 1557
Jacques navigates the St.lawerence river and names a island along the river montreal
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Apr 17, 1524
Verrazzano discovers new york harbor
Verrazzano Sailing for the french sailed towards north america he found the New York harbor. -
Jamestown has been founded
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers -
French explorer, samuel de Champlain founds the colony of Quebec
Samuel founds the first colony in canada -
henry hudson founds the new neitherlands
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the Duke of York kicks the Duke of New Neitherlands and turns it in to New York
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King Phillips war begins in the colonial villages of Massachusetts.
The war is between the indian natives and the colonists over the land. -
Sieur de la Salle explores the mississippi river and founds Lousiana
he founds it in the name of the french -
Pilgrims found a colony in Plymouth Massachusetts
A group of English Pilgrims create a colony at Plymouth rock -
Wars between the French and English begin
As the French and English settlers begin to settle in to the Ohio Valley they begin to have a dispute on who found the land first. -
An epidemic of smallpox kills many native americans on the new england coast.
The epidemic killed nearly 30% of all the native population on the west coast of america
