Hudson river. New York is located in the northeastern part of the United StatesNew YorkThe southernmost corner,The mouth of the Hudson River.
More than 10,000 years ago, it was still a few hundred meters thickGlaciersCover, most of the islands of New York today are carved by glaciers.
After the glacier returned home, there were some Indians living in New York State, living a primitive life of fishing and hunting.
Beginning in 1524, some voyagers from France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands who were going to China deviated and discovered the estuary one after another, and some even went up the river to Albany, the capital of today's New York State.
The Dutch, the old driver, was the first to notice that there were a large number of beavers and other fur animals, and the port conditions seemed to be good.
New York HarborIt is the largest port on the east coast of the United States, which is not silted or frozen, the channel is more than 30 meters deep, and the 200,000-ton giant ship can enter and exit freely.
Land transactions. In 1624, the Dutch bought Manhattan Island, New York, the most expensive land in the world, from the natives for $23, and started a fur business, naming itNew Amsterdam.
Like most cities in the Netherlands, New Amsterdam was built with large windmills and walls.
The street under the walls was called Wall Street, and it is todayWall Street.
Later, due to the tension between Britain and the Netherlands over commercial profits, New Amsterdam was given to the Duke of York by the British and renamed itNew York,It's New York.
However, a third of the Dutch businessmen in the city feel that as long as it does not affect the money, they can call it whatever they like, and they have no problem calling it New Africa.
Since then, New York has entered oneHigh imitation of the United Kingdomof the stage.
In 1754, the University of Oxford, England, was foundedColumbia University,The site was located next to today's Trinity Church in Manhattan as King's College.
Founding fathers of a nation. The original purpose of the university was to carry out ideological and political education in support of British father's rule, and as a result, a group of student leaders who resisted British colonial rule were cultivated.
For example, one of the founding fathers of the United States, the first Secretary of the TreasuryHamilton,It's the little brother printed on the $10 bill.
In 1775, the Revolutionary War began, and New York was occupied by the British because of its important strategic positionBritish command.
After seven years of military occupation, New York commerce came to a standstill, a large number of homes were destroyed, and the population was reduced by two-thirds.
At the end of the war, in 1785, the Confederate Convention designated New York as a new nation in the United StatesThe first capital.
Four years later, the first Washington was sworn in at the Wall Street Department of Commonwealth.
Although the capital did not last long, New York soon surpassed Philadelphia to becomeThe largest city in the United States.
New York merchant ships strive to open up new markets, and a ship called the Empress of China sent American manufacturing to mysterious China for the first time.
A group of people often gather under a plane tree on Wall Street to buy and sell*** Later, in order to make this street sale look more formal, a plane tree agreement was signed.
This later became the world's largest trading market todayNew York Stock Exchange.
Erie Canal. In 1825, New York had a king bomb-Erie Canal.
The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River, connecting New York Harbor to the Great Lakes region.
Freight rates for Midwest cargo to the Port of New York were reduced from $90 to $8 per ton, discounted by 1.
New York became famous, replacing the Port of New Orleans as an export port for agricultural products in the Central Continent.
Sixty-seven percent of the country's industrial and agricultural products, such as coal from the Great Lakes and cotton from the South, are shipped to Europe from New York Harbor.
Booming ** makes New York beUnited Statesin the manufacturing industryHeartThousands of factories and workshops have appeared, including the piano factory in Steinway and the furniture factory in Duncan Farford.
City of Nations. New York, the heart of the New World, attracts people from all over the world with more and more job opportunitiesStrive to be a new drifter.
In the 19th century, New York became a major port for European immigrants.
Countless famine refugees, such as the Irish who suffered the Great Famine, the Jews who were religiously purged, and the Germans who were politically cleansed, crossed the seas to seek safe haven in the New World.
There's a gift from France to the United States in New York HarborStatue of Liberty,To be a symbol of freedom, opportunity, and hope in the hearts of people who have endured the suffering of the Old World.
By the time it closed in 1954, New York's Ellis Island port had received more than 12 million immigrants.
To this day, 36 percent of New Yorkers were not born in the United States, and 40 percent of Americans are descendants of Europeans who entered from New York.
New York became a veritable oneCity of Nations. There are 800 languages spoken.
It also has the largest Jewish community outside of Israel and the largest Chinese community outside Asia, with more than 800,000 Chinese and 160,000 Arabs living there.
Skyscraper. Immigrants are increasing, and New York is the most populous city in the United States.
Also becomesOne of the most crowded cities in the worldToday, Manhattan Island, New York, is about 20 times more densely populated than Beijing.
The lack of people has also pushed up Manhattan property prices, and hotels** have also made tourists' wallets bleed.
On the cramped island, the streets are getting narrower and narrower, and the city begins to grow upward.
Buildings are getting taller and taller, and architects from all over the world use more than half of the world'sSkyscraper. Outline the New York skyline.
Although it is a paradise full of opportunities, most immigrants must wonder if they have been deceived by a black agent when they see the cityscape of New York.
The environment is filthy, there is no clean drinking water, pigs run all over the streets, and New York has been hit by cholera, yellow fever and other vicious infectious diseases several times.
In order to improve the living environment, 1858ParksOpened to the public, this green island in the steel forest is still a symbol of New York life.
The capital of the arts. In order to change his nouveau riche temperament, New York also began to play art.
Inviting famous European performing arts groups to perform, and going to the theater on Monday nights has become a way of life that the social elite agree with each other.
With the support of people's exuberant purchasing power, let one be calledBroadwayDozens of theaters have gathered on the street, and a form of drama called ** drama has been created, which has led the world to this day.
Year 1870,The Metropolitan Museum of ArtInaugurated, the initial goal was to open the eyes of the Americans.
With more than 100 years of development, today it has become a benchmark for museums in the world because of its cross-cultural art collection at the height of all mankind.
During World War II, a large number of European artists and intellectuals came to New York to escape the war and explore modern art with American artists.
African-Americans have also discovered the charm of their culture in New York, creating enduring art forms such as jazz and rap**.
New York became emergingArt Town,The light even overshadowed Paris.
Leading the world. Manhattan, 1898Say goodbye to the mother-fetus solo,It merged with several surrounding cities and counties, including Brooklyn and Queens County, to officially become modern New York City.
A few years later,New York SubwayThe whole city will be connected and run 24 hours a day a year, which is convenient for social animals to work overtime until the end of the day.
While immigrants from all over the world are chasing the American dream, ingenuity brings energy to the city, and New York becomes the most on the planetExciting place.
German immigrant Loebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge, Serbian immigrant Tesla invented the radio, and Dutch immigrant Edison invented the gramophone.
Hungarian immigrant Pulitzer pioneered in New YorkNewspaper Empire,In the mid-20th century, more than a dozen newspapers were published every day in New York, including the most influential "Wall Street" in the United States today, the New York Times, and so on.
Pulitzer PrizeIt has also become the highest honor in world journalism.
* The prosperity also gave birth to Madison Avenue in New YorkThe cradle of the world's advertising industry.
Today, seven of the world's top eight advertising** companies have their headquarters in New York.
After World War II, most European cities were in ruins, but New York was left unscathedLeading the world economy.
As the center of the world's industrial, commercial and financial industriesUnited Nations HeadquartersNew York has become a model room for people from all over the world to live in the same room.
Indomitable. However, on 11 September 2001 all peace and beauty were shattered.
Hijacking a passenger plane and ramming the World Trade Center in New York,2,749 people were killed in the attack, including citizens of 87 countries.
It was one of the most tragic and gloomy days in New York's history, but it didn't dampen the courage of New Yorkers.
* The exchange reopened after only four days of pause, as people wiped away their tears and mourned their loved ones and rebuilt their homes on the smoke of gunfire.
Today, the rebuilt skyscrapers stand tall in the clouds, and the city is still alive and wellFull of energy.
It attracts the youngest and most promising people in the world to burn their youth here, and 60 million tourists from all over the world travel every year.
Hello stranger.
If New York were a country, its total GDP could surpass that of Russia and rank 12th in the world.
The world's largest number of billionaires live here, and there are also tens of thousands of homeless people, rich and poorEveryone is a stranger.
Everyone is motivated day and night, and New York can make a fortune or a fortune, and all bizarre dreams can come true.
From the small town of the estuary to the center of the world,Millions of New Yorkers come and go.
Growing up in the mist of the Hudson River, honing in the concrete forest, getting lost in the neon lights, struggling in the cruel and ugly disasters, a city of love and hate is like the joys and sorrows of life.
I hope that we can get through this predicament together, just like crossing the wind and waves of the Atlantic Ocean and facing the direction of the sun.