Wikibooks: History of New York State/Introduction

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Hudson; Lawrence River; Verrazzano; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_State/Introduction

The State of New York was the eleventh state to ratify the United States Constitution thereby admitting itself to the union on July 26 1788. New York is located in northeastern United States and borders with Pennsylvania New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts and Vermont. New York is the third most populated state in America with over 19 570 261 citizens contained in a 49 170 square mile radius. The capital of New York is Albany located in eastern New York. =History of New York= It is impossible to discuss the state of New York without mentioning several of its massive cities Albany Syracuse Buffalo and of course New York City. New York was granted statehood in 1788 however even before it officially became a state New York played a major role in the formation of the United States. New York was originally occupied by multiple Native tribes most notably the Iroquois who occupied a large section of New York. The Iroquois land was eventually claimed by the Dutch during Henry Hudson s explorations in 1609. This land would later become Albany the capital of New York. In 1524 a European sailor named Giovanni da Verrazzano embarked on a voyage for North America in search of the Banks of Newfoundland. Instead he discovered an area of land known today as New York harbour. For half a century the Dutch occupied the land they called New Netherland. Eventually New Netherland was bought by the Dutch from the natives and became a booming centre for peaceful trade with close Canadian borders and access to the Hudson and St. Lawrence River. Peace came to a halt in 1664 when the Duke of York showed interest in the area occupied by the Dutch and hatched a plan for warfare however this plan never came to fruition and in September of that year the Dutch surrendered its colony to the English. Following this the British took control of the land and New York became one of the Thirteen Colonies. Albany controlled the majority of New York’s economy from the 1600s to the mid 19th century. In the 1600s New York was referred to as New ...