New York is the largest city and the largest port in the United States, is the world's top international metropolis, a little bit of historical knowledge of people know that North and South America in the beginning was not discovered, in those lands, initially only some primitive, culturally backward indigenous people, so how did such a desolate and backward place become today's bustling and luxurious metropolis? It is described in detail in the sixth chapter of the book Empires and Civilizations.
New York is part of the State of New York, United States of America, which is northeast of the United States. What we now call New York generally refers to the "five major districts of New York" represented by Manhattan Island, which is located in the southeast of New York State.
The first person to set foot in this new land of New York was the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, who was employed by King François I of France (1515-1547) to explore the New World. Compared with Columbus's discovery of the New World and his return of a large amount of silver, Verrazano's trip to the Americas did not bring back a pleasing monetary value, so people gradually lost interest in exploring the New World.
In 1607, in order to find a faster and more convenient route to Asia, the Dutch hired Henry Hudson to travel north along the east coast of the North American continent, and finally discovered the present-day Island of Manhattan, which was named "New Amsterdam". The Dutch occupied Manhattan Island and its surrounding areas, and by bartering a bag of fake jewelry worth $24, they exchanged native Americans for thousands of acres of fertile land on Manhattan Island and its surroundings. When native Americans realized that the essence of selling land was that their own people could no longer live here, the conflict between the two sides intensified, and native Americans suffered heavy casualties and gradually became powerless to resist.
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Although the Dutch suppressed the indigenous people by force, in 1652 the increasingly powerful colonial government of New Amsterdam declared its independence and broke away from Dutch control.
New Amsterdam, with its harsh and cold climate to the north, and no monetary value, how can it attract people to live? It has become a refuge for many people because of its inclusiveness. Calvinism is a sect of Protestantism, which is incompatible with the teachings of the Holy See and is therefore not tolerated by the Holy See and its forces, and under the deliberate guidance of the Dutch government, Calvinists have taken refuge in the new Amsterdam of religious freedom.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Europe launched an anti-French war, and a large number of European immigrants fled to today's New York in order to escape the war.
In the 18th century, the potato became a staple food throughout Europe. In 1845, potatoes grown in Ireland fell short of harvest throughout the year due to the plague, and millions of Irish starvers fled to New York.
In 1848, the discovery of gold in California set off a gold rush, and gold prospectors from all over the world took root in New York.
So many karmic coincidences have made New York a veritable "racial smorgasbord."
In this chapter, we also talk about the rise and fall of the United States for the next half century, how did the United States become independent? How to build? How did the United Nations come about? And so on, it can almost be said that the history of the United States has been sorted out, the text is easy to understand, the context is clear, and it is indeed the gospel of the historical white. (Picture from the Internet, invasion and deletion)