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Apr 15, 1524
New York Harbor
Verrazzano, sailing for France, discovers New York Harbor -
Apr 15, 1534
St, Lawrence
Frenchmen Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence RIbver, names an island along the river Montreal. -
Jamestown founding
Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 English Settlers -
Quebec
French exploerer, Samuel de Chaplai, founds the colony of Quebec -
New Netherlands
Henry Hudson, exploring for the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherland. -
Smallpox
An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many native Americans on the New England coast -
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrims from England found an Enlgish Colony in Plymouth, Mamssachusetts -
New York
The Duke of York drives out the Dutch in New Netherland. The Duck of YOrk claims the colony for England and renames it New York -
King Philip's War
King Phillip's War begins in COlonial villages of massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans. -
Louisiana
Sieur de la Salle explores the Lower Mississsippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Lousiana in Honor of the French King Louis XIV -
French and Indian war
War between the Britisn and the French, known as the French and Ididan war. The war is fought over dispuuted land claims in the Ohio Valley
