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Treaty of New York (1796) May 31, 1796 New York City: Seven Nations of Canada: Seven Nations relinquish all claims in New York outside of two reservations [27] Treaty of Albany: March 29, 1797 Albany, New York: Mohawk: Mohawks cede to New York all claims in New York [28] Treaty of Big Tree: Sept. 15, 1797 Genesee, New York: Seneca
The fort gave The Battery (in present-day Manhattan) its name, the large street going from the fort past the wall became Broadway, and the city wall (right) gave Wall Street its name. New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniu.ɑmstərˈdɑm]) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island ...
Province of New York. The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. In 1664, the English under Charles II of England and his brother James, Duke of York raised a fleet to take the colony of New Netherland, then under the Directorship of Peter ...
Youngstown, New York, later developed nearby. The British took over the fort in 1759 during the French and Indian War. Although the United States ostensibly was ceded the fort after it gained independence in the American Revolutionary War, the British stayed until 1796. Transfer to the U.S. came after signing of the Jay Treaty that reaffirmed ...
Karonghyontye or Captain David Hill (1745–1790), Mohawk leader during the American Revolutionary War. E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake (1861–1913), poet, author, and public speaker from the Six Nations Reserve of the Grand River. George Henry Martin Johnson (1816–1884), Mohawk chief and interpreter.
Coordinates: 40°30′10.3″N 74°15′13.6″W. Engraving by Alonzo Chappel depicting the conference. The Staten Island Peace Conference was a brief informal diplomatic conference held between representatives of the British Crown and its rebellious North American colonies in the hope of bringing a rapid end to the nascent American Revolution.
History of New York City. The history of New York City has been influenced by the prehistoric geological formation during the last glacial period of the territory that is today New York City. The area was shortly inhabited by the Lenape; after initial European exploration in the 17th century, the Dutch established New Amsterdam in 1624.
The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral Sir John Warren 's Chesapeake campaign. It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power had captured and occupied a United States capital.