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History of New York
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05/13/2011

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henry hudson
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-hired by dutch
-find an all-water route to the east
-discovered manhattan 1609
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Half Moon
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hudson's ship
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Verazzano
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first to set eyes on Manhattan- storm made him turn away
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Dutch East India Company
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financed Hudson's voyage
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Dutch West India Company
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owned & operated in New Amsterdam (section of DEIC)
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Lenape
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original inhabitants of Manhattan
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Peter Stuyvesant
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-Peg-Leg Pete
-sent to bring order to New Amsterdam
-Defend against British
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1609
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Date of Discovery
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1624
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Date of Settlement
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1626
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Purchased from Lenape
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1664
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British take over & it becomes New York
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November 25, 1783
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Last British Evacuate N.Y. (Evac. Day)
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Robert Fulton
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invented Steam engine ship
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Alexander Hamilton
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supported economy based on commerce
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Thomas Jefferson
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supported economy based on agriculture
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the deal between Hamilton & Jefferson
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Hamilton:wanted federal gvnt to pay off Amer. Rev. debt
Jeff:wanted capital in rural area
Ham:more important what the gvnt does then where the do it.
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Vanderbilt
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started ferry service with $100 from his mom
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Dewitt Clinton
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mayor & govenor of NY, responsible for grid plan & erie canal
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Aaron Burr
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killed Hamilton in duel in N.J. (illegal in NY b/c Ham's son was killed)
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Washington Irving
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blended fact & fiction in story of N.Y.'s past, History of the world from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty
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Stamp Act
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british tax on paper goods
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3 lasting affects of dutch rule
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-settled for business not religion
-willing to take anyone who would work(diverse)
-ability to adapt to change
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Battle of Bklyn
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-Washington & his men retreat over east river, fight another day, escape british who stopped advance do to rain
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Battle of Saratoga
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turning pt. of the war, french decide to help colonist
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Fernando Wood
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mayor of NYC, suggest NYC succeed from Union& support the south
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Vaux & Olmstead
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won contest to design Central Pk. wanted the Pk. to be democratic, & man made
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Angel of the Waters
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statue above the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park as a memorial to those that died in the Civil War
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Five Pts.
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slum neighborhood, mostly irish
-Collect Pond - drained & sinking
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Coffin Ships
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name given to ships coming from Ireland
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Know Nothing Party
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platform is based on hatred for Irish immigrants flooding NYC because of their Catholic faith & the
pope as their leader
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Kleindeutschland
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little Germany
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cholera
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disease spread through water, blamed poor, need for clean water rose
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warehouse fire
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-starts in warehouse downtown & spreads quickly-little access & that water was frozen
due to the freezing cold December weather
-stop fire: blew up building
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P.T. Barnum
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owned American Museum
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Conscription Act
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first federal draft, get out by paying $300
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Abe Lincoln
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Brady - changed Lincolns image
Cooper Union - speech=restrict slavery not abolish it
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Jacob Riis
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How the other half lives
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John Roebling
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original engineer of Bklyn Bridge, died after foot crushed & infected
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Washington Roebling
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took over Bklyn Bridge, got Caisson's disease aka the bends
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Emily Roebling
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took over Bklyn bridge after her husband became sick
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Reasons for Bklyn Bridge
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Manhattan too crowded & East River frozen (ferries too slow & seasonal)
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The People's day
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Bklyn Bridge opened
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Type of Bridge the Bklyn Bridge
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suspension bridge
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first to cross Bklyn Bridge
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Emily Roebling with a rooster (represents Victory)
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who's not at the Bklyn Bridge opening
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Irish & Washington Roebling
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how much does it cost to cross the bklyn bridge
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5cents for cars, 1 cent for pedestrians
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Consolidation
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NYC becomes 5 boroughs. other boroughs can use Manhattan tax $, Bklyn NOT happy
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Tammany Hall
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democratic political mahcine, corrupt, most well known boss: William (Boss) Tweed
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Thomas Nast
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political cartoonist, brought down Boss Tweed
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Statue of Liberty
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Liberty Enlightening the World, gift from French, NY makes base, 7 pts. = 7 continents & seas, break away from slavery, patina color
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Statue of Liberty
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Liberty Enlightening the World, gift from French, NY makes base, 7 pts. = 7 continents & seas, break away from slavery, patina color
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Barholdi
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designed exerior of statue of liberty
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eiffel
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designed interior of statue of liberty, also eiffel tower
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