The history of places in North America:
- Pre-colonial America
- European colonization of the Americas
- British colonization of the Americas
- Dutch colonization of the Americas
- French colonization of the Americas
- Russian colonization of the Americas
- Spanish colonization of the Americas
- Swedish colonization of the Americas
- History of Greenland
- History of Canada
- History of United States
- History of Central America
- History of the Caribbean
- History of Chinese immigrants
Many natives of North America as the Europeans found them were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers; others were tribally based, more sedentary and agricultural. Many formed tribes in response to European colonization. Well-known groups include the Aztec, Maya, Huron, Mohawk, Apache, Cherokee, Sioux, Mohegan, Iroquois, and Inuit.
See also History of the Americas.