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May 15, 1524
Verrezzano discovers New York Harbor
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May 15, 1534
Jacque Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island
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Jamestown is founded by 100 English settlers
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Samuel De Champlain finds Quebec
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Henry Hudson claims found land as New Netherlands
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Chickenpox kills many Native Americans along the New England Coast
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Pilgrims from England found an English colony in Plymouth
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The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland, renames it New York
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King Phillip's war begins in Colonial Villages
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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river claiming french land
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French and Indian war