New York Historical Events

On December 31, 1890 a transition in history occured. New York City would start a new era in the history of the United States starting with the opening of Ellis Island as an immigration depo. This attracted many immigrants to the United Stated because of more job opportunities and as means to start a new life. As more immigrants came to America, it began to be known as the "land of opportunities". Immigrants coming in filled work spaces in industries with the hopes of someday becoming successful. These immigrants helped prove to other future immigrants that if you moved to America then you could start a better life for yourself and your families. On the other hand with positives come negatives and there were many involving

The New York colony was the second colony founded after Virginia. To learn more about the New York colony: the history, culture, and leaders of the colony will help picture life in the New York colony. The New York colony was founded in 1626 by the Dutch and was named New Netherlands until the English led by the Duke of York came in 1626, renaming New Netherlands, New York. Colonists from the New Netherlands colony had peaceful relationships with the Native American tribes surrounding the colony. They relied on peaceful relationships in order to make money from the fur trade. The culture and weather in New York was successful.

New York City’s old slum neighbourhood, the Five Points, was notoriously known for its vice and crimes. The first organized crime group in New York City was the Forty Thieves which was led by Edward Coleman, started in 1825, in the back of a grocery store. The Dead Rabbits were an Irish gang in the Five Points area, and are most known for the riot they caused in 1857. The Eastman Gang were a Jewish group in the Five Points area, which began in the late nineteenth century, and were the rival of the Five Points Gang. The Five Points Gang was another group, started by Paul Kelly and included future famous mobsters. In Five Points, where most of New York City’s crime started, it also started some of history’s most notorious gangs, and mobsters.

There are many events in American history that are very important, but there are few that have an

One of the most important Native American groups in North American history is the Iroquois. The Iroquois Indians have been estimated to have been around as early as 900 ad. They lived in what are called long houses. The long houses were built in rows of one or two. They could be up to 200 feet long and 20 feet wide. These homes accommodated 5 to 20 families. They had a central hole in the center of the house that was used for a fire that all of the families used. The houses were covered in elm bark on the outside. The villages were for the most part permanent. They only moved villages when they needed to. A reason for moving the village would have been if they had used up all of the fertile land. The Iroquois moved about every 20 years. The Iroquois lived in what is today upstate New York and parts of Canada along the ST. Lawrence River Valley. The Iroquois were once one strong nation. In the mid 1500’s the Europeans started moving into the St. Lawrence River Valley, and the Nation was split up. It was split into five Nations. The Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, and the Cayuga. Each Nation was free to peruse their own interests. In 1570 the League of Iroquois Nation was formed.

Next off there is the Boston Massacre. On December 5th, 1770. A rowdy group of colonists were in the streets. There were rumors of them attacking the customs house and an officer. To protect the customs house, some soldiers and an officer were sent. In the streets they were harassed and dared to fire. Soldiers were supposedly being pelted with ice and snow balls, clubs, etc., and through the commotion a soldier fired sparking other soldiers to fired and the killed five colonists in the streets. This was used as propaganda and promoted as if the British killed colonists in a cruel and inhuman fashion. The Boston Massacre was one of many events that helped cause the American Revolution.

The events that took place all through the 1900’s are a huge part of what has shaped our history all the way up until this day. It’s also a huge part of what shaped America and made us the free desegregated nations that we are today. For example segregation back in the 1900’s and caused many big events that all resulted in successes and failures. Jim Crow laws were made which are laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Other big events that took place were protests like The March On Washington in August 1963 when 250,000+ gathered in front of the lincoln memorial to protest. The March on Washington was also the occasion of Martin Luther KIng Jr’s I Have a Dream Speech. All this happened for the rights of Civil Rights.

The fourth event on my list is the Apollo 11. This was the space shuttle that took us to the moon. This event marked a great day in our history. This proved that we could travel space and go new places. Of all the events in history, many are sad, but this is a happy event. This boosted American pride and showed we were a strong nation. This might not be an event you always hear about in history, but it is important all the same.

there were so many acts and events that happen, some still around and some still a big deal. Some thing that happen is: The Navigation Acts of 1660, French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763, The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act, The Townsend Act, The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, and The Intolerable Acts. I know you’re probably thinking, “ Oh, that’s a lot,” yes I know. Since people are like that today, all of those events happened. I bet

From the moment of its first colonization by Peter Stuyvesant as New Netherlands, New York State showed military promise to both the British and the French. Colonial New York extended from the Atlantic at New York Harbor all the way north, to the great lakes on the border of the French colonies of Quebec and Ontario, which made up the combined colony of Canada. Its great size places it perfectly in between the Southern States and New England. Therefore, whoever controlled New York controlled the fate of both regions of the original 13 states. New York is utilized for its geographical importance in two of the most prominent wars of early American history: The French and Indian War and The American Revolution. The significance of New York

There were many historical events that happened in Boston. One of the events was the Boston Tea Party. This happened as an act of protest to the taxation on tea. Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty went

In December 1773 King George the third made a tax on tea. He made this tax to make money. Before this King George taxed them on official documents, dice, playing cards, and stamps. The colonies were not too happy to pay for the taxes. The colonies mostly drank tea. They were unhappy and mad. So they decided to dress as natives to go dump the tea in the Boston harbor. They went at night and went on the ships and dumped about three thousand crates of tea. This is a good historical event because the colonist were gaining independence and motivation.

When he came he claimed the land for the dutch and he named it New Netherlands (A Short History of New Jersey). The Dutch, Swedes, and Finnish were the first European settlers in New Jersey. “Small trading colonies sprang up where the present towns of Hoboken and Jersey City are located” (A Short History of New Jersey). (A Short History of New Jersey). Bergen was the fist permanent European settlement. It’s amazing to me that different settlers could all live in New Jersey with such

New York State has an amazing history. It was generally named after the English Duke of York who later became King James II of England. This was how New York State gained the nickname "Empire State” which stemmed from George Washington. This was a man that foreseen the notion that New York would become the seat of a new nation and empire. New York State is located in the northeastern part of the United States. Its northern border is Canada and The Saint Lawrence River. New York's eastern borders are Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts. New Jersey and Pennsylvania is the southern border. Its western border is not necessarily land but bodies of water which consists of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. New York's land regions are the Appalachians and the Central Plains.

Some of the interesting events that occurred during this decade were things such as the wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina; The first rapid transit system, the New Your City subway system, opens.( Johnson, Deb ); The infamous San Francisco earthquake and fire occurs.( Collins, Alan ); The invention of the automobile. These along with many other events would once more help America shape its identity.