Past
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In this page we will tell you in time lines what happened in the past and in text. We are going to write entries to tell you some disasters that happened to some buildings in NYC. We hope you can learn a lot of the past of NYC. Well we learned a lot! Please read and learn more about the city you are going to stay in. We hope this information is useful to you. Please learn more! You can look in the lists to find what the past is like and what happened in the past. We will tell you many things and show you in time lines what happened. We will also tell you some of the historical things that happened and kind of changed the United States, like the Twin Towers. We hoped the info helped you learn about the past of New York City.
The Twin Tower Disaster In Manhattan
Hello tourist. Here we are going to tell you about what happened to The Twin Towers in Manhattan. The Twin Towers was destroyed in September 11,2001.When The Twin Towers were destroyed 3,000 people were killed. The Twin Towers were destroyed by 2 jets. This happened at The World Trade Center. Those jets were aiming to hit and destroy The Twin Towers. After this happened President W.Bush gave a speech of what happened.
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Manhattan Time Line
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1100s
Farming begins in Manhattan.
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1609
The Dutch expedition in New York. It was the first.
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1626
Dutch buy Manhattan from the Indians.
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1653
Wall street is created.
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1785
Ellis Island is made.
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1789
George Washington became president.
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1835
A big fire burns through Manhattan.
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1883
The Statue of Liberty is given a use for freedom.
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1898
Manhattan connected with the other 4 boroughs
Staten island Timeline
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1683
Staten Island's new name became Richmond Town
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1729
Richmond Town had a county Richmond County
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1975
Staten Island got it's real name back, Staten Island
Queens Time Line
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1636
Dutch arrived in Queens.
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1683
Queens became part of New York.
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1898
Queens connected to New York City.
Brooklyn Time Line
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1830
Brooklyn was the most populous borough, with a population of 2,560,401.
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1839
The Brooklyn Plan was made.
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1840-1850
Lots of Europeans move to Brooklyn.
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1880
Lots more Europeans moved to Brooklyn.
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1883
The Brooklyn Bridge is finished.
Bronx Time Line
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1600s
Dutch settlers arrived in Bronx
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1660s
The Bronx becomes under English control.
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1874
The area west of the Bronx River was destroyed.
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1880s
German Immagrants settled down in Bronx.
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1895
The area east of the Bronx River was destroyed.
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1990s
Italians and European Jews also settled down.