New York

  • 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