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Nov 2, 1000
The Norsemen land in Newfoundland.
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Nov 2, 1492
Lasting contact between Europe and America began with the voyage of Christopher Columbus.
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Nov 2, 1497
King Henry VII of England hired an Italian navigator, John Cabot.
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Nov 2, 1500
Europeans realize that Columbus had reached an unknown land, which they calld the "New World."
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Nov 2, 1500
French fishing crews sailed to Canada.
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Nov 2, 1534
Jacques Cartier was sent to the New World to look for gold and other valuable metals.
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Nov 2, 1535
Jacques Cartier went on his second trip to the New World. On this trip he became the first European to reach the interior of Canada.
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Nov 2, 1541
On Cartier's third trip he joined a French expedition, hoping to establish a permanent settlement with Canada.
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Nov 2, 1543
Cartier's colony with the French ended.
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King Henry IV of France completed plans to organize the fur trade and to set up a colony in Canada.