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Sailed for France and instead discovers New York Harbor
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Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an island along the river Montreal
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100 English settlers found Jamestown on the coast of Virginia
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Samuel de Champlain, an explorer from France, founds the colony of Quebec.
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Exploring for the Netherlands, he claims land that will become New Netherland.
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Brought over by the Europeans, the epidemic of smallpox killed many Native Americans on the New England Coast. Because the Native Americans had never dealt with these diseases before, it made it harder for them to fight it off.
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Pilgrims from England found the English Colony of 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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In the Colonial villages of Massachusetts, King Phillip's War begins between the colonists and Native Americans.
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Sieur de le Salle explored 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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A well known war between the British and French is known as the French and Indian War. These countries fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.
