French explorers and fur traders claimed land from Quebec to the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi to Louisiana, though the population grew slowly. The 13 English colonies saw early settlers establish Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 and the Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, with settlers in New England becoming farmers and those in Southern colonies developing a plantation economy. Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War between 1754-1763, gaining dominance over North America and taking control of French territories east of the Mississippi River according to the Peace Treaty of Paris, while Native Americans were weakened by disease and their trails were used by settlers moving west.