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The Charter of Liberties and Privileges was an act passed by the New York General Assembly during its first session in 1683 that laid out the political organization of the colony, set up the procedures for election to the assembly, created 12 counties, and guaranteed certain individual rights for the colonists.
The New York–Dublin Portal (also simply known as The Portal) is an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour live streaming video screens (without audio).
Varga, Nicolas (July 1956). "The New York Restraining Act: It's Passage and Some Effects, 1766-1768". New York History. 37 (3). New York State Historical Association: 233– 256. JSTOR 23153870. Journal of the House of Commons. Vol. 31: November the 11th, 1766 to March the 10th, 1768. London: House of Commons. 1803 [1768]. Journal of the House ...
Nearly 3000 Palatine Germans were settled in the New York Colony in 1710 as well, and worked in naval stores camps on the Hudson River to pay off their transportation. In September 1711, Lawson and his associate Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg were captured by Tuscarora natives while ascending the Neuse River .
In 1617, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland created a settlement at present-day Albany, and in 1624 founded New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island.The Dutch colony included claims to an area comprising all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine in addition to eastern ...
Moderates in the Congress still hoped that the colonies could be reconciled with Great Britain, but a movement towards independence steadily gained ground. At this juncture Congress simultaneously sent an Olive Branch Petition to King George III , hoping for a rapprochement, and issued a Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms ...
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In particular, because the colonies were not directly represented in Parliament, colonists argued that Parliament had no right to levy taxes upon them. [3] After colonists destroyed thousands of pounds of British-taxed tea during the Boston Tea Party , Parliament passed the Coercive Acts in 1774, punishing the colonies for their actions.