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The Province of New York thrived during this time, its economy strengthened by Long Island and Hudson Valley agriculture, in conjunction with trade and artisanal activity at the Port of New York; the colony was a breadbasket and lumberyard for the British sugar colonies in the Caribbean. New York's population grew substantially during this ...
Crown Colony of New Hampshire: 10 Virginia: June 25, 1788 [8] (ratified) Crown Colony and Dominion of Virginia: 11 New York: July 26, 1788 [13] (ratified) Crown Colony of New York: 12 North Carolina: November 21, 1789 [14] (ratified) Crown Colony of North Carolina: 13 Rhode Island: May 29, 1790 [8] (ratified) Crown Colony of Rhode Island and ...
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 ...
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 from the Mayflower. 1622 ...
New York City attracted a large polyglot population, including a large black slave population. [19] In 1674, the proprietary colonies of East Jersey and West Jersey were created from lands formerly part of New York. [20] Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a proprietary colony of Quaker William Penn.
The Dutch colony of New Netherland was taken over by the English and renamed New York. However, large numbers of Dutch remained in the colony, dominating the rural areas between New York City and Albany. Meanwhile, Yankees from New England started moving in, as did immigrants from Germany. New York City attracted a large polyglot population ...
City University of New York and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club established. New York Yankees won their 19th World Series title. Lutèce (restaurant) in business. Italian Cultural Institute in New York founded. [115] 1962 March 1: American Airlines Flight 1 crashes immediately after takeoff from Idlewild Airport, killing all 95 on board.
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, founder of the colony of Louisiana in New France. The French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle named the region Louisiana in 1682 to honor France's King Louis XIV . The first permanent settlement, Fort Maurepas (at what is now Ocean Springs, Mississippi , near Biloxi ), was founded in 1699 by Pierre Le Moyne d ...