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The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300055366.; second edition 2010; McComb, David G. The City in Texas: A History (University of Texas Press, 2015) 342 pp. Pierce ...
Timelines of cities in Virginia (12 P) Pages in category "Timelines of cities in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
African-American history by city (54 C, 2 P) Crimes in the United States by city (19 C) ... Timelines of cities in the United States (13 C, 64 P) A.
First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in Puerto Rico. Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. 1510 Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien: Urabá: Colombia First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama
Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on which ancient settlements are truly cities. The benefits of dense settlement included reduced transport costs, exchange of ideas, sharing of natural resources, large local markets, wider selection of potential mates, and in some cases amenities such as running water and sewerage .
Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States ...
New York City experienced the largest total population drop by a city up to this point in American history, recording 820,000 fewer people in 1980 than ten years before. The city government was crippled by severe financial strains and near bankruptcy as a result of its declining tax base during the 1970s, until being bailed out by the federal ...
Over the last two centuries, the United States of America has been transformed from a predominantly rural, agricultural nation into an urbanized, industrial one. [2] This was largely due to the Industrial Revolution in the United States (and parts of Western Europe ) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the rapid industrialization ...