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Jan 1, 1524
New York Harbor
Verranzzando, sailed for France and discovers the New York Harbor. -
Jan 1, 1534
River Montreal
Frenchmen Jacques Cartier navigated the St. Lawerence River names an Island along the River Montreal -
Jamestown
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers. -
Quebec
French explorer, Samuel de Chaplain, found the colony Quebec -
New Netherland
Henry Hudson, ecplored for the Netherlands, claims land that wll becine New Netherlands. -
New England Coast
An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast. -
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrams from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massechusetts -
New York
The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for Enland renames it New York.