Europeans Nations Settle in North America

By NotZane
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor

    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River Montreal

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River Montreal

  • Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

    Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English settlers

  • Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.

    Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland.

  • An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast

  • Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth

    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth

  • 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.

    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.

  • King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans

    King Phillip's War begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans