BOOK PROJECT By Lola SM 1626 Peter Minui buy the Algoquin Indians about 24 dollars for the Manhattan Island. 1664 Change the name to New York. 1775 War of Independence. 1850 Chinese people came to New York. 1892 Ellis Island was the firts stop for nearly 17 million immigrants. 1898 Five boroughs made a new city Manhattan. 1920 Jazz musicians in the United States all wanted to work in New York. 2001 (8.46)Plane crashed into the north tower of the Twin Towers. 2001 (9.03)Plane crashed into the south tower of the Twin Towers.