New York City History for Kids: From New Amsterdam to the Big Apple with 21 Activities
NovMAN TE Rob Any ET Time Line 1600s 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano becomes the first European to visit New York harbor 1609 Henry Hudson sails up the river that now bears his name 1614 Adriaen Block and his crew are stranded on Manhattan Island when his ship burns
1624 First permanent settlement is named New Amsterdam 1626 Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan Island from the natives 1643 Kieft's War 45 1664 Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amster dam to the English 1673 Dutch regain control of the city 74 1678 Bolting Act gives New York a flour making monopoly 1683 Dongan Charter outlines city government 1689 Leisler Rebellion 91 1700s 1735 Newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger is tried
1741 Panic strikes when people suspect slaves are setting fires around city 38 slaves are killed 1766 First Liberty Pole erected 1770 Battle of Golden Hill 1776 Statue of King George is toppled at Bowling Green patriot forces abandon the city great fire destroys one third of New York 1783 Evacuation Day sees British troops depart after seven years 1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the president at Federal Hall New York is the US capital 1798 Yellow fever kills over 2 000 people 1800s
1807 Robert Fulton’s steamship departs from Manhattan to Albany 1808 Collect Pond filled 1811 Randel grid plan developed for the layout of NYC streets 1825 Erie Canal is completed 1827 Delmonico's
