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1498 |
The Native Indians of New York
were the Delaware, Erie, Iroquois, Mohawk, Oneida
and Seneca Indian tribes
Italian explorer John Cabot
( Giovanni Caboto ) explores the coast for the
English
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1604 |
Samuel de Champlain
(1567-1635) French explorer and navigator maps the
coast |
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1606 |
James I grants charter to
Plymouth Company (also called Virginia Company of
Plymouth, organized 1606 by King James I of England
to establish colonies in America
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1609 |
Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
English explorer and navigator discovered Newark Bay
and establishes the Dutch colony of New Netherland
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1614 |
Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
maps the coast |
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1638 |
Swedish settlement led by
Peter Minuet starting the the New Sweden Colony
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1646 |
Peter Stuyvesant (1602-1672)
became Dutch Governor of the New Netherlands |
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1655 |
The Dutch defeat the Swedes on
the Delaware and Stuyvesant took possession of the
New Sweden Colony
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1664 |
King Charles II totally
ignored any Dutch claims and gave the entire country
to his brother James, Duke of York
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1664 |
The Dutch lose New Amsterdam
to The British which is re-named as New York, after
the Duke of York
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1675 |
1675 - 1677: King Philip's War
so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who
was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody
and bitterly fought by the colonists against the
Native Indians. During King Philip's War, up to one
third of America's white population was wiped out.
This war proved to be the final struggle by the
Native Americans of New York
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1756 |
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1788 |
Statehood - The Date that New
York was admitted to the Union - July 26, 1788.
Constitution - New York was the 11th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Crescit eundo
" the State Motto is translated as " It Grows as it
Goes "
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1803 |
The Louisiana Purchase - In
1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State,
James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1859 |
John Brown raided Harpers
Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to
the outbreak of the Civil War.
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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