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Jan 12, 2010 · New York City served as the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. During the 1760s and 1770s, the city was a center of anti-British activity–for instance, after the British Parliament ...
Nov 9, 2009 · New York City was the first capital of the United States after the Constitution was ratified in 1788. On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the nation’s first president at ...
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May 14, 2019 · The construction of the Statue of Liberty on the front page of Scientific American, circa 1886. In 1885, the statue arrived—in 350 pieces —in New York, where it took a year to be assembled ...
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Oct 27, 2009 · From 1925 to the closing of Ellis Island in 1954, only 2.3 million immigrants passed through the New York City port–which still represented more than half of all those entering the United States ...
Jul 23, 2014 · New York state is America’s top apple grower, after the state of Washington, but New York City’s nickname has nothing to do with fruit production. In fact, the Big Apple moniker first gained ...
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Mar 22, 2010 · The Brooklyn Bridge, which connects the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, was constructed between 1869-1883 and spans 1,595 feet.
Mar 15, 2018 · As the gateway to these resource-rich lands, New York soon became the nation’s economic epicenter and the primary port of entry to the United States for European immigrants. New York City’s ...
