![]() He named the area New Angoulême ( French: La Nouvelle-Angoulême) in honor of Francis I, King of France of the royal house of Valois-Angoulême and who had been Count of Angoulême from 1496 until his coronation in 1515. It is believed he sailed into Upper New York Bay, where he encountered native Lenape, returned through the Narrows, where he anchored the night of April 17, and left to continue his voyage. The first European visitor to the area was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian in command of the French ship La Dauphine in 1524. European exploration and settlement New Angoulême Historians estimate that at the time of European settlement, approximately 5,000 Lenape lived in 80 settlements around the region. They also harvested vast quantities of fish and shellfish from the bay. By the time of the arrival of Europeans, they were cultivating fields of vegetation through the slash and burn technique, which extended the productive life of planted fields. The Lenape developed sophisticated techniques of hunting and managing their resources. Many paths created by the indigenous peoples are now main thoroughfares, such as Broadway in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester. These peoples made use of the abundant waterways in the New York region for fishing, hunting trips, trade, and occasionally war. Eastern Long Island neighbors were culturally and linguistically more closely related to the Mohegan- Pequot peoples of New England who spoke the Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett language. Some modern place names such as Raritan Bay and Canarsie are derived from Lenape names. Early European settlers called bands of Lenape by the Unami place name for where they lived, such as " Raritan" in Staten Island and New Jersey, " Canarsee" in Brooklyn, and " Hackensack" in New Jersey across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan. These groups of culturally and linguistically related Native Americans traditionally spoke an Algonquian language now referred to as Unami. The area that eventually encompassed modern day New York was inhabited by the Lenape people. Main article: History of New York City (prehistory–1664) New York colony also exported other goods included iron ore as a raw material and as manufactured goods such as tools, plows, nails and kitchen items such as kettles, pans and pots. In the 1700s, New York was sometimes referred to as a breadbasket colony, because one of its major crops was wheat. The economy in the 1700s was based on farming, local production, fur trading, and Atlantic jobs like shipbuilding. Throughout its history, New York has served as a main port of entry for many immigrants, and its cultural and economic influence has made it one of the most important urban areas in the United States and the world. ![]() Modern New York traces its development to the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898 and an economic and building boom following the Great Depression and World War II. The arrival of rail connections to the north and west in the 1840s and 1850s strengthened its central role.īeginning in the mid-19th century, waves of new immigrants arrived from Europe dramatically changing the composition of the city and serving as workers in the expanding industries. The opening of the Erie Canal gave excellent steamboat connections with upstate New York and the Great Lakes, along with coastal traffic to lower New England, making the city the preeminent port on the Atlantic Ocean. ![]() Under the new government, the city hosted the inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the United States, the drafting of the United States Bill of Rights, and the first Supreme Court of the United States. The city served as the national capital under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1789, and briefly served as the new nation's capital in 1789–90 under the United States Constitution. General George Washington lost a series of battles from which he narrowly escaped (with the notable exception of the Battle of Harlem Heights, his first victory of the war), and the British Army occupied New York and made it their base on the continent until late 1783, attracting Loyalist refugees. The city's strategic location and status as a major seaport made it the prime target for British seizure in 1776. ![]() The " Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from throughout the Thirteen Colonies met in the city in 1765 to organize resistance to Crown policies. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608. The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. The Brooklyn Bridge across the East River (at right) was built from 1870 to 1883. ![]()
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