The Need of a History of New York (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Need of a History of New York The growth of interest in the history of this nation and the progress of historical studies make it necessary that a wider and more intelligent interest should be taken in the history of the State of New York. It is certainly one of the leading states of the Union, and as a province, during the Colonial period, its prominence was almost as fully recognized as it is at the present time. Its location is central. For all military purposes it was the strategic center of the Colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. Owing to its relation with the Five Nations, it always bore a leading part in Indian affairs. As a result of this and also of its location it always had intimate relations of a diplomatic character with the French in Canada. It early became a commercial center, and gradually assumed the leading position in trade among the Thirteen Colonies. From an early date also it was a royal province, and so was brought into close relations with the British Government. When the Revolution came it stood for the accepted principles of British liberty, without that appeal to natural rights which was so pronounced in New England. The development of a strong loyalist spirit opposed to the Declaration of Independence gives a peculiar interest to the history of New York during the Revolution. Because also of its strategic importance the British Government made New York during much of the Revolutionary War the center of its military operations, thus giving to it a peculiar importance in the history of the War for Independence. Burgoyne was defeated on its soil. His surrender proved to be the turning-point in the Revolution because it led to the French alliance and to the series of events which culminated in the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. New York was settled by the Dutch in 1613, less than a decade subsequent to the settlement of the French in Acadia and of the English at Jamestown. At that time no permanent settlement had been planted in New England. The Dutch have always been a prominent component of its population. To them the English were added by early immigration from New England, and by slow growth and additions after the conquest in 1664. French Huguenots also came after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In the early eighteenth century considerable bodies of Palatines came as refugees from Germany and settled at points on the middle Hudson and Mohawk Valley. As a result of these settlements the population of New York has always been cosmopolitan. It is made up of people from many nationalities, with traditions and religious beliefs as varied as their origin. In this regard New York, in common with the Middle States in general, is typical of the entire country. The mass immigration of recent times has made us a meeting of the nations, and this New York has always been and is today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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