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Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. [5]
A History of New York State. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801401183. LCCN 67020587.. Fox, Dixon Ryan. The decline of aristocracy in the politics of New York (1918) online. Ingalls, Robert P. Herbert H. Lehman and New York's Little New Deal (1975) on 1930s online; Kammen, Michael (1996) [1975]. Colonial New York: a ...
If the State of New York were an independent nation, it would rank as the 11th-largest economy in the world. [219] However, in 2022, the multi-state, New York City-centered metropolitan statistical area produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of over US$2.16 trillion, the largest metropolitan economy worldwide and behind the GDP of only ...
New York Yacht Club founded. 1845 Bowery Theatre opens. New York City Police Department, and New York Art Union [21] established. Fire. [38] 1846 – Stewart Dry Goods Store built. [34] 1847 Free Academy of the City of New York founded (later City College of New York). [21] [7] Madison Square Park and Astor Opera House open. Grace Church built.
New York – U.S. state located on the Eastern seaboard and extending to the Great Lakes. Settled by the Dutch in the 17th century, New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies . About one third of all the battles of the Revolutionary War took place in New York.
England adds the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the Connecticut Colony to the Dominion of New England in America, September 9, 1686; England adds the Province of New-York, the Province of East Jersey, and the Province of West Jersey to the Dominion of New-England in America, May 7, 1688
Iowa became the 29 th state on Dec. 28, 1846. The state celebrated 175 years of statehood in 2021. Who was president when Iowa became a state? James Knox Polk, the 11 th president of America. His ...
United States 1614: Albany: New York: United States: Oldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau and renamed Fort Orange in 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America 1615: Taos: New Mexico: United States 1620: Plymouth: Massachusetts: United States: Oldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by Pilgrims ...