At the end of the sixteenth century, New York was dotted with islands, with a rich fishing area populated by several thousand Indians. Sailors from Holland visited the area more often since the early seventeenth century which gave it the name "New Amsterdam," before a massive increase in English settlement. The growth of New York increased even faster in the middle of the eighteenth century and in 1755 with the conflict between the French and the English in North America, New York became an area serving as the headquarter for the British troops. Numerous contracts between the British Army and the New York City gave way to increase in wealth and commercial potential of the city.
[...] While in 1892, Ellis Iceland became the Golden Door to enter the United States By 1830 there was vigorous immigration of Catholics, Irish, Germans, Jews and the French making New York the first portal of arrival of migrants across the Atlantic. Between 1820 and million European immigrants landed in New York. The jobs held by new entrants were mainly in the field of textiles and handicrafts. They were constantly increasing due to the continued modernization of New York and the construction of new infrastructure and housing. [...]
[...] New York and political modernity A The establishment of the modern New York Peace returned to New York in 1763, where it was a challenge in colonial years (1760 - 1770) in proclaiming the principles of political and economic autonomy. In 1765, following the Stamp Act, the Governor, who was of the British origin, was burned and hanged in effigy in the wake of a riot and in 1767. The New Yorkers protested against the new custom measures imposed by the British crown, establishing a boycott of products coming from the United Kingdom. [...]
[...] But the sky train project was a success in the urban landscape of New York and was followed by six more lines in the 1880s. B. Health problem and space The cholera outbreak in 1832 appeared as a blessing in disguise as it was during this period that the authorities started taking health care initiatives. In 1835, the New Yorkers decided to build a network of water supply to replace the public and private sources. The architecture of New York was largely shaped by immigration, as the local governing bodies had to take actions against to the influx of newcomers. [...]
[...] Boston and Philadelphia, were gaining financial importance as well but New York where money was abundant, the large volume of transactions and speculation took place focused on the security of the market. Wall Street relied on the railways and at the end of the century it gave rise to industrial boom. It may be noted that in 1886, in a single day million shares were exchanged for the first time. The creation of the Wall Street Journal in 1882, demonstrated the importance of specialized financial information. [...]
[...] After destruction of Fort George, bowling green became a fashionable place with the rise of wealthy New Yorkers. New York had some fifty streets in the eighteenth century, nearly 150 in 1800 and 200 by 1820. In 1811, the municipality put in place a coherent plan for the development of New York. Some parts of the city were left unchanged, while the rest of the city was divided, with wide avenues (12 Avenues and 152 vertical horizontal streets) marked a watershed in the history of New York not only because it streaked the granite rock of Manhattan along and across, but also because a great plan of real estate business. [...]
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