Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Nieuw Amsterdam => New York City

 Complete the timeline (Video)

< 1594: ______ lived in America

(12 Oct 1492 Christopher  Columbus  arrived at  ______ )

1594 the first European arrived at _____ 

1625: Dutch settled at Manna-hata

1638: built the first school

1664: Battle between the English and Dutch => English rule

1700: NY became a trading port

1776: American Revolution

1790: NY became the largest town in the US

Immigration from Europe (14 million)

1886: the Statue of Liberty

1898: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island

1904: Subway opened

1920: became the biggest town in the world

1930: more than 7 mln people

2023: 8.3 million (20 million including suburbs)

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