English and French settlers
Marquell Dubois , Diondre Watson
Jamestown !
Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia colony , Jamestown was founded in 1607 by a company of London investors .
Pilgrims !
The pilgrims founded a second English colony called Plymouth they left because they were persecuted for their religious beliefs in England
puritans !
puritans also wanted religious freedom from the Anglican church. They established a colony nearby Massachusetts Bay .
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain was from France , In 1608 He sailed up the St. Lawrence river and founded Quebec Which is now known as new France.
The French and Indian war
The French and Indian started over a dispute over Ohio valley. The war was between the British and the French . In 1763 The British defeated the French . They gain the american holdings of north america from the french.