By London hill

 In 1608 Champlain settles Quebec  In 1673 Marquette and Joliet on the banks of the Mississippi  In 1682 La Salle claims the valley of the Mississippi  Eng

 Not long after the English colonies of north America the Dutch began to construct settlements of their own  By 1626 peter minuet was govern of new Netherlands  The Dutch bought Manhattan island from the Indians that lived there  The Indian ideas about land weren’t the same of those of settlers

 By 1630 new Amsterdam had about 200 people in 30 houses It also had a counting house where workers could keep track of furs and money and house for storing food and fur.  For protection the colonists built a wall with big blocks of stone.  In 1680swedish settlers founded a colony of new Sweden  New Sweden included parts of present-day Pennsylvania, new jersey and Delaware

 While Spain and England new France grow slowly  Spain and England were building colonies while in the north America & France were calming more land  Jacques Cartier created new France  Samuel de Champlain to find a place to build a settlements

 The French and Dutch both began build settlement s in north America in the 1600’s  The both wanted to control the fur trade  Which often lead to fighting  They also had trouble brining settlelers to north America  So the population remind low