European Nations settle in North America

By Paige Cres
  • Jan 1, 1524

    New York Harbor

    New York Harbor
    Verrazano sailing for France discovers 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.

  • Jamestown

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

  • Quebec

    Quebec
    French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, founds the colony of Quebec.

  • New Netherland

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

  • Smallpox

    Smallpox
    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kill many native Americans on the New England coast.

  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
    Pilgrims from England found an English Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • King Phillip's War

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

  • Louisiana

    Louisiana
    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.

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    War between the British and French, known as the French and Indian war. The way is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.