Albany, New York
I did a series on how the states in the U.S. got their names. I thought that perhaps you might be interested in taking a look at the history of the capitals of the fifty states.
Albany the capital of New York State is the oldest surviving European settlement and the longest continuously chartered city in the U.S. At one time the Algonquian Indian tribes lived here and they gave it their own names. The Mohicans called the city Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw which meant “fireplace of the Mohican nation”. The Iroquois chose to call it Sche-negh-ta-da meaning “through the pine woods”.
The first European structure was a primitive fort on Castle Island that was built by French traders in 1540. The first Englishman in the area was Henry
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When the English took over the name became Albany in honor of the Duke of York and Duke of Albany who later became James II of England. Eventually Albany became the county seat and chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan on July 22, 1686.
In 1754 in the Stadt Huys, Albany’s first city hall, Benjamin Franklin presented the Albany Plan of Union. The city didn’t have time to flourish due to the French and Indian War which ended in 1763. Finally Albany had a chance to flourish and it officially became the state capital of New York. It is the second oldest capital in the U.S.
Throughout much of its history Albany has been the hub of transportation. A well-developed turnpike and toll road was built and the area was connected to good railway systems. In 1807 Robert Fulton initiated the steamboat line from New York City to Albany and in 1825 the Erie Canal was finished. Now there was a continuous water route from the Great Lakes to New York City. Due to the canal a man-made lagoon formed known as the Albany Basin, becoming the main port until finally the Port of Albany-Rensselaer opened in
During the American Revolutionary War, all of the states had incurred a lot of debt from other foreign nations. So Hamilton decided that America must pay back this debt so that they could maintain peace and regulate commerce with European countries. The southern states had paid off their debt but the northern states were still in debt. So he composed a compromise - The south would not protest the Federal government paying off any northern states that still had debt, in the condition that the south chose where the national capital would be built. This compromise worked as the entire United States debt was paid off and the capital was constructed in the District of Columbia (DC) within a few years. In the construction of the capital, Maryland and Virginia donated land for the capital. The importance of this plan was that they had no debt, so this would bring power and respect to the United States from the European countries by keeping peace with everybody and allowing for continued trade. Because who would trade with a country that has debt with
Context: The British colonies were being attacked and threaten by the French and Natives due to this the British government became concern of the colonies. As a result, Britain told the colonies to come up with a strategy or plan in order to deal with the Indians. The Albany Congress was held in Albany, New York in 1754 . In the Albany Congress, a plan was proposed that would help the colonies.
There is one reason Chicago is as big as it is today and that is the fact that it is the largest rail city in the world. The railroad made Chicago what it is today, and although the canal was very important in the history of Chicago the railroads importance out weighs it by far. The canal was important because it was the vision of the first settlers of Chicago to have an all water trade route that would go through Chicago. What those first explorers saw was a way to make a canal so that they could transport goods from the St Lawrence River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico with less cost and with more efficiency. The canal was the reason Chicago was settled in the first place if not for it there might very well not be a city called Chicago. You could argue that the canal was the most important thing in Chicago's history but I think the railroads were much more important. The railroads enabled Chicago to become one of the biggest cities in the world by bringing in different business and all types of goods. Chicago is a very key location to have a railroad-shipping hub. This is because it is centrally located in the United States so goods can be shipped in almost any direction and received in a shorter amount of time. William Butler Ogden was the one who pushed for Chicago to adopt a large rail system and he should be known as the one who made this city boom. St. Louis or another centrally located city could have very well adopted the rail system and they would have reaped all the benefits.
6.Jamestown— former village, SE Va., first permanent English settlement in America; est. May 14, 1607, by the London Company on a peninsula (now an island) in the James R.; named for the reigning English king, James I.
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Lemak, Jennifer A. "Albany, New York and the Great Migration" The Free Library 01 January
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‘The Laramie Project’ is a play written by Moises Kaufman about the murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard. It was interesting to see the outrage that this caused. The murder of Shepard was considered a hate crime and I agree with this. I can see the hostility that this murder caused because of the amount of questions it left. The scary thing is that we live in a culture where hate crimes exist. This murder was a reminder to the country that being “different” is something that people do not accept. This put “hate” crimes on the map and made people realize how serious hatred was. Being yourself can cause you to become murdered because someone else doesn’t agree with who you are. Hate crimes are a serious problem and Shepard was killed because he was homosexual. His murderers hated gays and that is the only reason a college student was murdered. A few observations I have that came out of this play was prejudice and the culture of hate.
...tes would never be seen as a stable and reliable nation. To pay off the debts Hamilton designed to raise taxes throughout the country. And when the capital moved from Philadelphia to New York City, Hamilton offered to convince Congress and the President to move the capitol south to an appointed area near Virginia now known as District of Columbia.
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Farmers, who had moved out west looked for a way to send their produce back east. However, roads were far too expensive and inefficient for this. Thus, canals and steamboats were used to link the country commercially and allow for the transport of goods across the nation. The Erie Canal was one of the greatest technological achievements of its time. At 363 miles long it connects New York to the Great Lakes by water (Sheriff 251). The canal provided easy passage halfway across the country for people and goods and sparked a push for westward movement. To travel on these new canals steambo...
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