New York City

American city · founded 1624 · southeastern New York State
New York City was legendarily purchased from the Lenape by Peter Minuit for 24 dollars worth of glass beads.
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- Colonial & Revolutionary Era — New York City served as a Loyalist stronghold during the American Revolution where Nathan Hale was captured while spying.
- 19th-century conflicts — New York City experienced the 1863 Draft Riots sparked by a 300-dollar commutation fee, during which the Colored Orphan Asylum was burned.
- Political corruption — New York City housed the political machine Tammany Hall, which Thomas Nast depicted in scathing cartoons.
- 20th-century events — New York City was the site of the 1904 General Slocum steamboat disaster that killed over 1,000 people.
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The steamboat General Slocum sank in this city in 1904, leading to the deaths of over 1,000 people.
Jacques Cortelyou created a late map of this city called the Castello [[kah- STEH-loh]] Plan.
This city's Municipal Police opposed the Metropolitan Police after the appointment of Charles Devlin as City Street Commissioner by Mayor Fernando Wood.
This city’s mayor Fernando Wood called for its secession in the wake of its draft riots.
identify some things about cartoonist Thomas Nast:Thomas Nast was known for his scathing representations of the political machine Tammany Hall, which was based in this city.
In 1922 in this city, a mob of boys brawled with dock workers who were wearing straw hats two days before the traditional date on which they became unfashionable.
The Straw Hat Riot took place in this city, where youths living in dumbbell tenements were photographed in Jacob Riis’ How the Other Half Lives.
In this city’s Kew Garden area, 38 neighbors allegedly watched Winston Moseley murder Kitty Genovese.
This city's Colored Orphan Asylum was burned after the implementation of a 300-dollar commutation fee sparked the 1863 Draft Riots.
A riot in this city occurred after two Black children were hit by a car that was part of Rebbe Menachem (men-AH-um) Mendel Schneerson's motorcade.
Nathan Hale was captured while spying in this city, a Loyalist stronghold during the American Revolution. American soldiers retreating from this city were defeated at the Battle of Brooklyn.
Peter Minuit legendarily purchased the land for this city from the Lenape [LEN-ah-peh] for 24 dollars worth of glass beads.
Another riot in this city was quelled by Union troops pulled from the Battle of Gettysburg, a riot that burned down the Colored Orphan Asylum. name this city that faced the 1863 draft riots.
Philadelphia temporarily lost its status as capital of the United States after Congress was forced to flee to this city during a 1783 revolt.
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A battle in this city started when forces under William Howe landed at Gravesend Bay and culminated with a daring night retreat by George Washington.
In this state, utopian socialist John Humphrey Noyes led a “free-love” community in the town of Oneida [[oh-NAI-dah]].
During the Revolutionary War, Edward Hand helped delay the British invasion of this state’s Throg’s Neck peninsula.
The first European to inhabit what would become this city was Portuguese merchant Juan Rodriguez.
John Glover defended this city from attack at Pell’s Point after the enemy landed at Throg’s Neck.
A headline from this city's Daily News attributed the phrase "Drop dead" to President Gerald Ford.
Mayors of this city in the 19th century included Robert Van Wyck, who resigned amid the American Ice scandal and served as its first post-consolidation mayor, and Fernando Wood, who supported the Confederacy and suggested that this city secede from the Union.
An event in this US state was the subject of Heather Ann Thompson’s 2016 book Blood in the Water and was discussed by the mostly sealed Meyer Report.
In 1989, Matias Reyes committed a crime in this city but only confessed in 2002, well after full-page ads demanding the death penalty were made by Donald Trump.
A Flour Riot in this state, part of the larger Panic of 1837, was led by the Locofoco faction of this state’s Democratic Party.



















































































































































































