European Nations Settle in America

By brittinevenson
  • May 15, 1524

    New York Harbor

    New York Harbor
    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.
  • May 15, 1534

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier

    Frenchman Jacques Cartier
    He navigated the St. Lawrence River and names an island along the River Montreal.

  • Jamestown

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

  • 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

    An epidemic of smallpox, brought by Europeans, kills many Native Americans on the New England coast.

  • Plymouth

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

  • New York

    New York
    The Duke of York drives out the Ditch in New Netherland. The Duke of York claims the colony for England and renames it New York.

  • King Phillip's War

    King Phillip's War
    King 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 & Indian War

    French & Indian War
    War between the British and French. The war is fought over disputed land claims in the Ohio Valley.