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The first European settlers came
The first European settlers came in and named it New Amsterdam -
The English settlers
The English settlers came in fourty years later and took control over the area as they renamed it to New York -
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Statue of Liberty
Edouard de Laboulaye proposed that a statue representing liberty be built for the United States -
American museum of natural history
Built in 1869 -
Metropolitan musuem of art
Built in April 13, 1870 -
Times square
Built in January 1905 -
Jazz
New York was the place to go see Jazz in the 1940s if wanted -
20th century
Large numbers of Irish, Italian, Jewish, Asian and Hispanic Americans emigrated to New York which they also had a huge influence of the culture that permeates the city today throughout the 20th century