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Prehistory. Pre-colonial period. Dutch and British colonial period. Province of New York (1664–1776) New York in the American Revolution. Statehood to the Civil War. New York in the American Civil War. End of the Civil War to 1901. 1901 through the Great Depression. World War II and the modern era. Last decades of 20th century.
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The history of New York begins around 10,000 B.C. when the first people arrived. By 1100 A.D. two main cultures had become dominant as the Iroquoian and Algonquian developed. European discovery of New York was led by the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 followed by the first land claim in 1609 by the Dutch.
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Jul 26, 1999 · New York, constituent state of the U.S., one of the 13 original colonies and states. Its capital is Albany and its largest city is New York City, the cultural and financial center of American life. Until the 1960s New York was the country’s leading state in nearly all population, cultural, and economic indexes.
New York was originally New Netherland, started by the Dutch Empire in the early 17th century. Late in the century, it surrendered to an English fleet during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and became part of the British Empire. About half the Dutch colony was given to neighboring English colonies.
