In 1624, the Dutch West India Company sent 110 people to the island that Hudson discovered. The thirty French-speaking Protestant families, called Walloons, were to set up a base for privateering and fur trading. The Pilgrims had come to Manhattan Island earlier, which was made possible by the English Virginia Company. In 1626, the population of Manhattan Island was 270. The Dutch West India Company provided many incentives for people to come to their colony, but the colony still grew too slowly. To make up for the shortage of labor, the Company sent black slaves to New Amsterdam. The slave labor helped the city grow much more. The settlers traded weapons and ammunition illegally with the natives which resulted in random violence that halted many Europeans from settling in the New World. The town did not have a very good moral reputation, however, it carried on successful trade with other English colonies. As the town grew more successful, Englishmen from other colonies came to New York. Many religious refugees were also attracted to New Amsterdam because of the religious tolerance displayed by the Dutch. In spite of many unfavorable factors, many were still lured by the booming and widely available economic opportunities that the new colony offered.
A fort was constructed in 1635 just after the building of a great wall, which was named the "Singel". The Wall was meant for protection but was very weak and became more of a symbol than effective protection from outsiders. The flimsy wall was torn down in 1699, and the street which replaced it was called Wall Street. In 1660, many roads have been built, including Broadway. New Amsterdam did not grow as fast as it should have grown due to several factors. The fur trade and piracy, Indian raids, and bad management kept the city down. The Directors did not pay much attention because the town for them was making them profits.
The term gentrification hit me soon after moving to New York. ... I was raised in the city of Philadelphia, smack dab in the center. Center City is relatively small in comparison to New York. ... Philadelphia's history is similar to many east coast industrial cities. ... Or at least, I don't recall the word being thrown around the media as it is displayed in New York. ...
Chronicling both the history of the New York Yankees and Yankee Stadium, the book looks to explore the connection of public funding to the building of sports stadiums. ... As the population was booming there was also the other boom that was taking place, the growing middle class in New York City. ... The mostly white middle class that had made up the majority of the population of New York was leaving the city for the suburbs in droves. With this white flight and influx in poverty all around New York, the Yankees and baseball were faced with a new decision, the issue of integration. ... Acc...
This describes the journey through the Valley of Ashes to reach New York City. "New York City is the glitz and immortality district of The Great Gatsby" (Mulford). ... While in New York City Tom Buchanan has a scandalous affair with Myrtle Wilson. ... During the party in New York City, Myrtle drinks too much and begins to taunt Tom about Daisy. ... New York City is a mixture of all three previously mentioned locations. ...
In the New York Times there was a article "First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan; Missile Is Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT; Truman Warns Foe of a Rain of Ruin"" by author Sidney Shalett that is closely related to the book "Hiroshima" by John Hersey. There are a few comparisons and contrasts between the book and the article. ... Another comparison was in both stories they talk about how big the explosives were. ... Also another comparison that involves both stories is that they both talk about how big the explosion was. ... The way they describe it in the book is not by size but as in destruction ho...
As this small pocket of teenage rebellion rose out of the suburbs, inner cities, and countryside's, there was a general feeling that the hippies were a product of drugs, and rock music; this generalization could have never been more wrong. ... Rock was rough, raw, insistent, especially by comparison with the music it replaced; it whooped and groaned, shook, rattled, and rolled. ... In 1956, for the first time in the nation's history, white collar workers outnumbered blue collar ones, "and by the end of the decade blue collar workers constituted only 45 percent of the work force." .....
Among the different groups of people that were speaking out about productions across the country, one thing was made clear by this group speaking out in New York. ... Years later, (approximately 93) a new, two-part play came into focus in the city called Angels in America. This new work by Tony Kushner examines the AIDS crisis in New York which included nude scenes and homosexual themes throughout both parts of the play. ... The fact that Angels premiered in New York is the reason for the attention it got and the manner it was received. If that show were to be premiered or even showed at the s...
toni cade bambara By: tek Toni Cade Bambara xxxxx Toni Cade Bambara was a native of New York City who devoted her life to her writing and her social activism. ... Bambara experienced, directly or indirectly, some of the toughest times in United States history, The Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement. ... She starts to compare these expensive toys to what she has and the comparison furthers her anger. ... toni cade bambara By: tek Toni Cade Bambara xxxxx Toni Cade Bambara was a native of New York City who devoted her life to her writing and her social activism. ... She st...
The Difference of Black and White "With things going so well I distributed my letters in the mornings, and saw the city during the afternoons. ... Invisible Man is a story of a Negro's journey from, from South to North, province to city, and his faith in changing. ... The narrator then leaves for New York, where he works in a white paint factory, becomes a soap boxer for the Harlem Communists, the darling of the fellow-traveling bohemia, and a big wheel in the Negro world. ... Reading Invisible Man and taking into consideration all of the comparisons between black and white makes ...
Capone: The Man of the Era Laurence Bergreen (1994) New York, Simon and Schuster Introduction The history of organized crime in America dates back to when some of the first settlers came to America. ... Throughout history the components of organized crime have still been the same. ... By 1928 Al Capone was the most powerful man in the city of Chicago. ... Critical Commentary Comparison to other Authors Laurence Bergreen I believe wrote a great book about the life of Al Capone. ...
