New+York

New York was founded by the Duke of York,the citizens of New York spoke a total of 20 languages.New York was the second largest city.The dutch town named New Amsterdam before it was now called New York. King Charles the second wanted to enlarge the Enlish colonies by taking over New Neatherland. King Charles the second gave the Duke of York the job of capturing the colonies.In 1664 war ships from England sailed into New Amsterdam. Peter Stuyvesant found that he couldn`t defend their land.Sadly the English captured New Neatherland without firing a shot.

New York was built on land captured from the Dutch. The industry was in shipbuilding,iron works,cattle,grain,rice,indigo, wheat, printing and publishing, scientitfic instruments, electric equipment, products machinery, chemical and tourism. New York dosen`t have a state dog, new york`s capital is Ablany. New York is the 11 th state out of 50 states. The rose is New York`s state flower. The rose became New Yorks state flower in 1955.