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While under Dutch control New York was called New Amsterdam
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New York was originally a Dutch colony
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Reason for Founding: Trade and profits
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15 European discovery of New York was led by the French in 1524 and the first land claim came in 1609 by the Dutch.
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Good farmland, timber, furs and coal. Iron ore was a particularly important natural resource
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2 New York was named for James the Duke of York.
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New York was founed on this day
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The Land in New York was very fertile and ideal for farming which was why the British wanted it from the Dutch.
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In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York.
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Originally occupied by dutch settlers, New York was completely taken over by the English in 1674
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This colony’s economy prospered because of the good trading set-up with the Indians .
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New york helped in the War
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The Province of New York was an English colony in North America that existed from 1626 until 1776, when it
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New York's consistution was adopted in 1777
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In 1787, New York became the eleventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
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joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of New York.
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On April 30th, 1789 George Washington was inaugurated as the President of the United States in New York City. New York City was the new country's first capital city.
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In January 1797 Albany became New York State's capital city.
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The popular tabloid New York Post was originally established in 1801 as a Federalist newspaper called the New York Evening Post by Alexander Hamilton, an author of the Federalist papers and the nation’s first secretary of the treasury.
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8 New York hosted significant transportation advancements in the 19th century, including the first steamboat line in 1807, the Erie Canal in 1825, and America's first regularly scheduled rail service in 1831
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Between 1892 and 1954, millions of immigrants arrived in New York Harbor and passed through Ellis Island on their journey to becoming U.S citizens.
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New York boomed during the Roaring Twenties, before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and skyscrapers expressed the energy of the city.
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Until the 1960s New York was the country’s leading state in nearly all population, cultural, and economic indexes.
