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The first European settlers came in and named it New Amsterdam
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The English settlers came in fourty years later and took control over the area as they renamed it to New York
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Edouard de Laboulaye proposed that a statue representing liberty be built for the United States
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Built in 1869
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Built in April 13, 1870
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Built in January 1905
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New York was the place to go see Jazz in the 1940s if wanted
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Large numbers of Irish, Italian, Jewish, Asian and Hispanic Americans emigrated to New York which they also had a huge influence of the culture that permeates the city today throughout the 20th century