North American Discovery

By JennySchildroth
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Discovery of New York Harbor

    Discovery of New York Harbor
    The French sailor Verrazzand discovered the New York Harbor.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier
    Frenchman Jacques Cartier navigate the St. Lawrence River names an Island Along the River Montreal.

  • Quebec founded

    Quebec founded
    French explorer Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec.

  • Finding of Jamestown

    Finding of Jamestown
    Jamestown is found by 100 English Settlers on the coast of Virginia.

  • Smallpox Epidemic

    Smallpox Epidemic
    A smallpox epidemic breaks out killing many native Americans on the coast.

  • Plymoth, Massachusetts

    Plymoth, Massachusetts
    Pilgrims from England found Plymouth Massachusetts.

  • New Netherland

    New Netherland
    Nerthland explorer Henry Hudson claimed New Netherland.

  • New York

    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 Phillips war

    King Phillips war
    King Phillip's war begins in Colonial villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Navie Americans.

  • French and British war

    French and British war
    The war between the French and British begin. Known and the French & Indian war. The war was faught over land in the Ohio Valley

  • Discovery of Louisiana

    Discovery of Louisiana
    Sieur de la 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