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First Trading Post
Samuel de Champlain explored the St. Lawrence River. He created a fur trading post at Quebec in 1608.The post became the first permanent French settlement in North America. -
First Settlers
The Dutch settled along the Hudson River in 1624; two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. This is important because the Dutch were the first permanent group to stay there. -
Governor Instructs Ownership of Manhattan
In 1626, Peter Minuit was instructed to settle the ownership of Manhattan with the Indians. He negotiated a purchase price that has been valued at about 60 guilders, or $24. He also named the town New Amsterdam. -
Attack on the Swedes
New Sweden was attacked by Peter Stuyvesant in 1655. This colony was along the Delaware River. Fort Christina was surrendered to the Dutch after they were attacked. -
Renamed
On September 8, 1664, New Amsterdam was forced to surrender to Colonel Richard Nicholls as a result of the on going struggle between the British and the Dutch. The fort was renamed Fort James and the city, New York. The British were ousted by the Dutch for a short period of time, but otherwise the city was a British possession until the American Revolution. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 said that the colonist could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains because it would cost more money just for their safety. This infuriated the colonist because they wanted to move west of the Appalachians. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act put a tax on the colonist saying that all legal documents had to have a stamp and had to be carried around at all times. This act was protested on October 1765 and was repealed the following spring. The protest occurred in New York. -
The Battle of Saratoga
During the revolutionary war the Battle of Saratoga was in the colony New York and was won by the Americans. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the war and was not just one battle but a series of battles. -
First Capitol
During the same year New York City was the first capital of the United States after the Constitution was ratified in 1788. -
Became a State
Date of Statehood: July 26, 1788. New York’s ratification process and the struggle between the Anti-Federalist contingent, led by Governor George Clinton, and the Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, the only New York member of the Constitutional. -
West Point
In 1802 the U.S. Military Academy opened at West Point. The Military Academy in West point is a college and is for people who want to be in the military. In order to go to the college you must be nominated by a member of congress. -
slavery
Slavery is gone! In 1827 New York outlawed slavery. As the Underground Railroad was happening New York had more anti-slavery organizations than any other state. Because of this people traveled through New York for guaranteed freedom. -
FIRE!
In December 1835 there was a big, terrifying fire. A neighborhood of warehouses and winter winds caused the fire to quickly spread. A large chunk of the city was destroyed. The fire was stopped by a rubble wall that the U.S. Marines had created. -
school
During the 1850’s some secondary schools were built and eventually there were school across the state. -
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge began to for in 1869. John Augustus Roebling started to construct the Brooklyn Bridge in 1869, until he became sick and passed the challenge to his son, Washington Roebling. -
Chinatown
New York's Chinatown came into being in the 1870s, as the Chinese population rose from approximately 150 in 1859 to more than 2,000 in the 1870s, according to Peter Kwong, author of "The New Chinatown." -
ELAPHANTS ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE!
On May 24 the bridge opened but a few days later was tested because of some rumors. A man, P.T. Barnum, didn’t believe that the bridge was strong enough. So P.T. Barnum tested the bridge by making twenty one elephants run across it. -
Lady Liberty!
In 1886 Lady Liberty, The Statue of Liberty, was opened to the public and is possibly the most iconic symbol in New York. Lady Liberty has a torch in one hand and a book in the other. She was also a gift from France to celebrate the union in the American Civil war. -
BOMB!
In the 1890s one of the richest men in America, Russel Sage, survived a bomb attack. One day an odd man walked into the office and detonated a bomb. Miraculously Russel Sage survived. -
No more beer on Sundays
In 1896 a new law called the Raines Hotel law that made serving drinks on Sundays was illegal unless it was for a meal in a hotel. -
The first skyscraper
The first skyscraper for New York was built in 1902 and was 21-stories high.it was located on 23rd street and Fifth Avenue. -
World's Fair
The world’s fair opened in New York City. This happened on the 150th anniversary of George Washington’s inauguration. -
Twin Towers
The World Trade Center was completed. Each of the twin towers measured 1,368 feet in height. Lieutenant Governor Malcolm Wilson became Governor of NY upon the resignation of Nelson Rockefeller. -
" I Love New York!"
Milton Glaser, graphic designer, came up with the famous logo “I Love New York. In 1977 the logo became the symbol for a tourism campaign advertisement. “It is impossible to walk through Times Square without seeing this icon.” -
Memorial
The New York State Vietnam Memorial was dedicated at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Remembering the military service of New York State residents who served their country in Southeast Asia between 1961 and 1975, including more than 4,000 who lost their lives or were declared missing in action, the memorial was the first such state effort in the nation. -
Bombing of the Towers
Before 9/11 happened there was a bombing of the North Tower on February 26, 1993. The terrorist plan was to bomb the North Tower and have it collide with the South Tower but their plan failed. The incident resulted in six deaths and thousands of injuries. -
Terrorist Attack
Numerous other landmarks dot the city, but two of her most famous buildings collapsed after being hit by hijacked airliners on September 9, 2001. The fall of the Twin Towers marked the beginning of America`s worldwide war on terror. -
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor
The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor opened in November at the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site in the Hudson Valley. The facility points out the extraordinary sacrifices of America's servicemen and servicewomen who were killed or wounded in combat and shares the stories of America's combat-wounded veterans and those who never returned, all recipients of the Purple Heart. -
Governor
In March, Lieutenant Governor David Paterson became Governor of NY, upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer. He was New York’s first African-American governor and first legally blind governor, as well as the fourth African-American governor in the US. Governor Paterson is nationally recognized as a leading advocate for the visually and physically impaired. -
Plane Crash
US Airways plane with 155 people on board crash-landed in Hudson River after striking bird on takeoff, all aboard were safe
