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=Welcome to New York! = =Dutch colonists began to build New Amsterdam in 1624= =The Hudson River was a popular trading center. From New= =Amsterdam the Dutch could control the trade. New Amsterdam= =was the most biggest and most important Dutch settlement in= =North America at that time period.=

[[image:New_Amsterdam.gif width="800" height="647" caption="Map of New Amsterdam"]]




You can watch a video about the history of New York here.
1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to see New York Harbor. He names it Nouvelle-Angoulême. 1625 – New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch. 1647 – Peter Stuyvesant becomes the governor of New Amsterdam. 1664 – New Amsterdam is taken by the English and it is renamed New York. 1673 – The Dutch regain New York and change the name to New Orange. 1674 – The Dutch cede New York permanently to the English. 1686 – New York City government initiate landfills along Manhattan shorelines 1692 - Governor Benjamin Fletcher accommodate pirates in New York 1700s - Active trading between New York and the West Indies. 1747 - New Yorkers owned 99 vessels 1754 - King's College is founded. Many of the governors and benefactors derived their wealth from maritime trade. 1756-63 - French and Indian War brings boom times to New York City; base of British military operations in North America 1762 - New Yorkers own 447 vessels 1764 - British Navy establishes a presence in New York to enforce customs collections and maritime rules of trade 1765 - New Yorkers protest imposition of Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty play an important role in agitation. 1768-69 - New York trade with Great Britain drops sharply as a result of non-importation accords among NY merchants 1771 – New York City builds the first dock on Hudson River side of Manhattan 1774 - New Yorkers stage their own tea party on British ship London, carrying taxed tea into Harbor. 1775 April -- New York moves into open rebellion against Great Britain; leading New York merchants reluctant to break links with England; many remain loyal to crown. 1776 -- British navy and army seize control of New York City. 1776-1783 - New York City under British military command; virtually all maritime commerce ceases. 1783 - November 25 -- Washington and Governor George Clinton reclaim City from the just evacuated British following the signing of the Treaty of Paris. 1784 -- New York vessel Empress of China sails from NYC to China; marks the opening of America's China trade 1787 - Trade between Boston and New York with Pacific Northwest begins. July 26th 1788 – New York is the eleventh of the thirteen colonies to become a state.

Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston, and William Floyd signed the Declaration of Independence as representatives for New York.
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 * New York City's main source of trade was beaver pelts. **