United States - New England, Colonies, Puritans: Although lacking a charter, the founders of Plymouth in Massachusetts were, like their counterparts in Virginia, dependent upon private investments from profit-minded backers to finance their colony. The n
New York City - Arts, Culture, Diversity: Ever since the 1890s Broadway has reigned as the “Great White Way,” the major theatrical centre of the country. New York produces, casts, and consumes the legitimate plays and musical extravaganzas that America
in his early 20s. He aspired to establish a colony where every race and every sect could find both political and religious freedom. His friendship with the duke of York, and the fact that the king owed a large unpaid debt to Admiral Penn, enabled William Penn to gain control of a great...
The founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1614 laid the groundwork for New York's special place in world history. Dutch entrepreneurship created the city of New Amsterdam (modern day New York City) within the colony and later become one of the world's most important trading port...
New York, STATE OF, one of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain, which on July 4, 1776, adopted the Declaration of Independence and became the United States o...
New York - Revolution, Statehood, Growth: New York contains many of the battlegrounds of the American Revolution. The war in New York took on many of the characteristics of a civil war, since the area probably had a higher proportion of residents who wer
Kammen's history is enlivened by a look at some of the larger-than-life personalities who had tremendous impact on the many social and political adjustments necessary to the colony's continued growth. Here we meet Peter Stuyv...
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A town of southwest Indiana on the Wabash River west-northwest of Evansville. Founded in 1814 by the Harmony Society led by George Rapp, it was the site (1825-1828) of a utopian community established by Robert Owen. The colony was known for its progressive educational, intellectual, and scie...
experiencing mass snowfall yearly and freezing temperatures so high dead bodies were found on the streets daily. The crime in New York was so high that the US government had to bring into protect the city from utter destruction. The crime rate lowered, but was still high enough to be known...