European Nations Settle in North America - Timeline

By brookepeterson
  • Feb 3, 1524

    New York Harbor

    New York Harbor
    Verrazzano, sailing for France discovers New York Harbor.

  • Jamestown

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

  • Colony of Quebec

    Colony of 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, kills many native Americans on the New England coast.

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts

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

  • Duke of York

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

  • French and Indian War

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

  • King Philip's War

    King Philip's War
    King Philip's War begins in Colonial Villages of Massachusetts, between colonists and Native Americans.

  • Luisiana

    Luisiana
    Sieur de la Salle explores the lower Mississippi Valley River, and claims the valley for France and names it Luisiana in honor of French King Luis XIV.