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Feb 11, 1524
Verrazzano sailing for France discovers New York Harbor
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Feb 11, 1534
Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigates the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river Montreal
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Jamestown is founded on the coast of Virginia by 100 Englush settlers
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French explorer, Samual de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec
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Henry Hudson, exploring the Netherlands, claims land that will become New Netherlands
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An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast
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Pilgrims from Engand found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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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
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King Phillip's War begins in colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans
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Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley river, and claims the valley for France and names it Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV
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War between the British and Frencg, known as the French & Indian War. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley