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	New York (city) - MSN Encarta
		The English renamed the community New York, in honor of the Duke of York, the brother of King Charles II of Britain.
		New York's City Hall was the site of the Stamp Act Congress, at which delegates from nine colonies protested British policy.
		Though opinion was divided in New York City on the question of resisting imperial control, the patriotic element had the upper hand by May 1775, a month after the American Revolution (1775-1783) broke out.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576416_5/New_York_(city).html (1425 words)

	New York City Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture.
		New York emerged from World War II as the unquestioned leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's emergence as the world's dominant economic power, the United Nations headquarters (built in Manhattan in 1952) emphasizing its political influence, and the rise of Abstract Expressionism displacing Paris as center of the art world.
		New York City is located at the center of the BosWash megalopolis, 218 miles (350 km) driving distance from Boston and 220 miles (353 km) from Washington, D.C. The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214.4 km²), of which 35.31% is water.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/New_York_City (5595 words)

	Colonial New York
		This was one cause that determined the English on the conquest of New Amsterdam.
		New York now became a royal colony, and the new king, who at heart despised popular government, refused to sign the Charter of Liberties, abolished the New York assembly, and sent Andros to govern the colony as consolidated with New England and New Jersey.
		News of the accession of William and Mary and of the imprisonment of Andros at Boston created a great excitement in New York; and the militia, led by Jacob Leisler, a German merchant, took possession of the government.
	www.usahistory.info /colonies/New-York.html (2939 words)

	Colonial History - New Amsterdam (New York City)
		The settlement of New Amsterdam followed the explorations of Henry Hudson for the Dutch (approx.
		The New Netherland Project - sponsored by the NY State Library; project to transcribe original documents relating to the Dutch colony.
		New Netherland Museum - the museum maintains a reproduction of the vessel the Half Moon, the ship Henry Hudson sailed to the New World.
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /goldcoop/newamsterdam.html (974 words)

	Amsterdam (city), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The City of Amsterdam lies within the Town of Amsterdam on the banks of the Mohawk River.
		The community was previously called "Veedersburgh." The city was incorporated as a village in 1830 from a section of the Town of Amsterdam.
		New charters in 1854, 1865, and 1875 increased the size of the village.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amsterdam_(city),_New_York (630 words)

	Amsterdam to shut prostitution 'windows' - Boston.com
		City officials say they will turn off the red lights and shutter a third of the prostitution "windows" in Amsterdam's famed Red Light District, where scantily-clad ladies of the night have beckoned customers for hundreds of years.
		The City of Amsterdam said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, it is shutting down nearly one-third of the 350 prostitution "windows" in the city's famed red light district, as part of a crackdown on crime in the area.
		The narrow streets near Amsterdam's center have been known as a hangout for hookers since the city was the hub of a global trading empire during the Netherlands' 17th century Golden Age.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/11/30/amsterdam_curbs_prostitution_windows (776 words)

	New York (city) - Wikitravel
		New York is easily one of the world's greatest cities, and is a major center for media, culture, food, fashion, art, research, finance and trade.
		Manhattan (New York County) — located on the famous island between the Hudson and East Rivers; includes many diverse and unique neighborhoods and is the most-visited area of New York City.
		New York City is one of the global centers of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture, and is among the world's most important and influential cities.
	wikitravel.org /en/New_York_City (15904 words)

	NYC 100 -- Photos
		The new dirctor-general was blamed for the poor performance of his colony and he was recalled to Holland; on the way his ship sunk and he perished.
		It was only in 1653 that New Amsterdam had most of the privileges of those living in the homeland.
		The English colonies in New England were ready to war against New Netherland; the English insisted that the Dutch were conspiring with the Indians to takeover New England territory.
	www.nyc.gov /html/nyc100/html/classroom/photos/colonialny.html (1162 words)

	Common-place: The Souls of African American Children: New Amsterdam
		New Amsterdam had begun its history in 1626 as a frontier settlement under the control of the West India Company, a Dutch commercial enterprise whose ventures included slave-trading posts in Africa and colonies in Brazil and New Netherland.
		Fort Amsterdam, the Reformed Church, and the Stadt Herberg, a tavern that was later converted into the city hall, were surrounded by farms, windmills, warehouses, and private dwellings.
		New Amsterdam’s free Africans had no alternative but to try and capitalize on the liberties they had gained to weaken the power of Europeans over them and their progeny.
	www.common-place.org /vol-03/no-04/new-york (2233 words)

	New York City
		New Amsterdam was now renamed New York, after the Duke of York (the future James II).
		New York City occupies Manhattan and Staten islands, the western end of Long Island, several islands in New York Harbor and Long Island Sound and a portion of the mainland.
		Consequently, in a city like New York, the problem of learning the art of government is handed over to a population that begins in point of experience very low down.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAnewyork.htm (2481 words)

	New Amsterdam
		The government of the new colony was carried on by Governor, or "Director General," Minuit and a council of five appointed by the company in Holland.
		They blamed Kieft for the pitiful condition of the colony, begged that a new governor be sent them and that the people be given some voice in the government, or that they be permitted to return with their wives and children to their dear fatherland.
		After two or three years' dispute with the people of New England, he agreed with them to fix the western boundary of Connecticut about where it now is, and the Dutch from this time ceased to disturb the peace of the Connecticut Valley.
	www.usahistory.info /colonies/New-Amsterdam.html (1709 words)

	Dutch Colonization
		Unlike New York City and Albany, however, where the traces of colonization can be difficult to find, in Kingston, the history of New York's Dutch colonization is quite evident.
		The colony was proving quite profitable, New Amsterdam had developed into a port town of 1500 citizens, and the incredibly diverse population (only 50 percent were actually Dutch colonists) of the colony had grown from 2,000 in 1655 to almost 9,000 in 1664.
		In September of 1664, New York was born, effectively ending the Netherlands' direct involvement in North America, although in places like Kingston, the influences of Dutch architecture, planning, and folklife can still be quite clearly seen.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm (1417 words)

	www.NYCCOUNCIL.info - NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On February 2, 1653, the town of New Amsterdam, founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1625, was incorporated as a city under a charter issued by the Dutch West India Company.
		After a number of changes through the ensuing years, the present Council was born in 1938 under a new charter which instituted the Council as the sole legislative body and the Board of Estimate as the chief administrative body.
		The New York City Council is the law-making body of the City of New York.
	www.nyccouncil.info /tools/about_council.cfm (903 words)

	New York Hotels - 80% Discount on Cheap Hotels in New York
		This FREE New York Hotels guide is offering both hotels in New York And New York city hotels.
		From her world famous theaters on Broadway, to some of the greatest museums in the world, New York is a must see destination.
		In addition to the New York shopping and sight seeing guide, we also have something for you the food connoisseur in you; the New York restaurant guide is designed to help you save time when searching for the best food establishments.
	www.searchforhotels.com /new-york (845 words)

	USATODAY.com - Amsterdam fetes the artist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Amsterdam also is awash in eateries serving the not-to-miss rijsttafel, or rice table, of Indonesia, a former colony; try Tempo Doeloe ($30-$40 per person for 15-24 dishes).
		Around the time the artist first moved to the city from nearby Leiden in 1624, Amsterdam was at the height of its power, a trading giant that was fast becoming the wealthiest city in the world.
		Still, it is Amsterdam, where he spent the majority of his life, that expects the biggest influx of Rembrandt-seekers — particularly Americans, who have had a long love affair with the city.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2006-02-02-rembrandt-amsterdam_x.htm (1601 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Amsterdam Shutting Prostitution 'Windows' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city said a 2003 law allowed it to deny or revoke brothels' licenses when it suspected operators would use them for money-laundering, or other illegal financial activity, "which in concrete terms means that those involved won't be able to continue their businesses" after Jan. 1.
		The narrow streets near Amsterdam's center have been known for prostitution since the city was the hub of a global trading empire during the Netherlands' 17th century Golden Age.
		A number of brothels are still under review and the city said it plans to extend the crackdown next year to related hotels and cafes suspected of money-laundering.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/topstories_story_334153410.html (476 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - New York City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Dutch named their new land New Amsterdam and, with its population of 270 residents, the settlement had a fort, houses and farms.
		New York served as the United States’s first capital after the young nation won its independence from the British.
		The New York Stock and Exchange Board was founded in 1817, and relocated in 1903 to its current location on Broad Street.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=15368 (403 words)

	New York, N.Y.
		New York City is the largest city in the United States.
		The port of New York is one of the finest in the world and ranks as the largest port complex on the East Coast.
		New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, dating from 1842, the oldest symphony orchestra in the...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108570.html (664 words)

	Amsterdam (city), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mohawk River forms the city line on its south side.
		Route 30 crosses the city and the river to link Amsterdam to the New York State Thruway.
		Famous natives or residents of Amsterdam include actor Kirk Douglas, Clinton-era personage Gary Aldrich, actress Lucille Bremer, industrialists John and Stephen Sanford, John Kwiatkowski, Congressman Samuel S. Stratton, and New York State Lt. Governor Mary Ann Krupsak.
	glencove.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Amsterdam_(city),_New_York (586 words)

	New York hotels, cheap hotel reservations -accommodation, lodgings
		New York: is the "City that Never Sleeps" and this is not surprising considering what there is to do here.
		New York offers the finest selection of night life, museums and restaurants including a diverse selection of accommodation and lodgings...there's so many discount hotels and cheap deals it is hard to single out a few.
		New York's Hotel Pennsylvania is one of the five largest hotels in Manhattan (over 1700 rooms!) with an impressive history.
	www.all-hotels.com /new-york-hotels.htm (1252 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The United States of America and the Netherlands: Nieuw Amsterdam (4/14)
		The war with Spain was almost won, business was booming and Amsterdam was emerging as the centre of world trade.
		As soon as the moat surrounding the fort was completed, the fort-to-be was christened Amsterdam after the capital of The Netherlands, and the new town around it, Nieuw Amsterdam, which some time later would be renamed New York City.
		However, the directors of the company were trained merchants, legal-minded men, and before they made Manhattan the strategic center of their New Netherland they wanted things in writing, which they got, and cheaply too at a thousand acres to the dollar.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/E/newnetherlands/nl3.htm (908 words)

	In Nomine New York
		New York City is their Word, and their battleground, and any angel or demon who comes to the Big Apple had better know who's in charge here....so you know who to pay your respects to, or who to avoid.
		Imario is a Servitor of Bethanel, the Archangel of Cities.
		New York City is famous for many things, and both Servitors take pride in their city's reputation in their respective fields of endeavor.
	www.amadan.org /Innomine/NewYork.htm (2717 words)

	NYC Department of Records - Municipal Archives
		The institution maintains a conservation unit that performs complex document treatments, a micrographics unit to reformat materials, and a photography unit that produces new prints, transparencies, negatives, and scans from vintage photographic materials for both in-house use and for patrons.
		In 1977, when the City of New York launched a capital project to renovate the Surrogate’s Court Building, also know the Hall of Records, planners designated 2,250 square feet as a paper and book conservation lab for the Municipal Archives.
		Fragile materials, such as the early colonial records of New York City are microfilmed to help protect the original documents from excessive handling and overexposure to light.
	www.nyc.gov /html/records/html/about/archives.shtml (1240 words)

	Amsterdam Court Hotel New York, New York City , United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Amsterdam Court is a European-style boutique hotel decorated in the chic Art Nouveau style, with lovely furnishings throughout right down to the polished and shined floors.
		The guest accommodations are bathed in subtle muted earth tones of moss and sienna.
		The Amsterdam Court also provides all of the modern amenities that travelers of any kind have come to expect.
	www.ebookers.com /cheap_hotels/united_states/amsterdam_court_hotel_new_york.html (156 words)

	New York City History
		New York City Motion Pictures Home Page: the collection contains forty-five films dating from 1898 to 1906 from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress.
		New York State Newspaper Project - a project to catalog and preserve New York State's newspapers coordinated by the New York State Library.
		The Museum of the City of New York
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/eguides/amerihist/nyc.html (626 words)

	New Amsterdam - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Iroquois and southern Algonquian groups encountered Dutch traders and settlers at colonial settlements such as New Amsterdam (later known as New York City).
		New Amsterdam grew as trade with Native Americans increased.
		Colonial America, History of; Colonial America, Life in; American Architecture; Native Americans of North America; New York; New York (city); United States (History)
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