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  In the year Giovanni de Verrezzano saw Manhattan
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  In the year 1609 Henry Hudson crossed up a river and named it the Hudson river
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  in the year 1609 Henry hudsond ship landed in the lower bay of New York
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  In the year of 1609 the colony of New York originated
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  In the year of 1610a thriving trade began between the dutch and the Indians
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  In the year of 1614 the Dutch constructed a fort named new Amsterdam
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  In the year of 1621 the Dutch government was granted as a charter
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  in the year of 1623 the firt settlers to arrive in Manhattan were the Dutch Emigrants
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  in the year of 1624 the Dutch west Indian company governed until its trancission to English rule
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  in the year of 1645 John Underhill was sued for peace
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  In the year of 1652 the British and Dutch fought in war
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  In the year of 1664 was the last year that the Dutch possesed the new territory
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  in the year of 1664 the English captured the colony and named it New York after James (The Duke of york)
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  In the year of 1667 there was peace between the English and Dutch
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  in the year of 1673 horse back portal service was inniciated between boston and New York
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  in the year of 1673 the Dutch government sent troops to New York and gained control
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  In the year of 1674 the English and France reluctantly returned new orange to the Dutch
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  in the year of 1682 New York became a Royal colony
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  in the year of 1685 New York was considered with a represntitive style of governtment
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  in the year of 1740 the war of King George began
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  in the year of 1748 the war from King George had finally finished
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  in the year of 1750 New York and Albany became hubs in the growing of the american colonies
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  in the year of 1750 100,000s of people called New York their home
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  in the year of 1754 there was the French and Indian war that lasted till the year of 1763
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  in the year of 1767 there were some New Yorkers who belived that their rights were being violated and that they were being opressed such legislation included the townshend acts
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  in the year of 1767 there were some New Yorkers who belived that their rights were being violated and with that legislation it also lead to the intolerable acts
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  in the year of 1775 rebels formed the New York pronvincial congress
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  in the year of 1776 the declaration of independence was made declaring New York was no longer a colony