1609-1664; 1673-1674
New York Under Dutch Rule
In the 16th century, the great powers of Europe asserted the right to establish colonies on the other continents of ...
1674-1776
Colonial New York Under British Rule
Under 16th century public international law, the great powers of Europe asserted the right to establish colonies on other continents ...
1777-1846
Revolution & The Emerging State
Although New York adopted the Declaration of Independence at a meeting of the Fourth Provincial Congress in White Plains on ...
1847-1869
Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction New York
In a time of rapid growth and development, the judicial system that New York had inherited from the English, with ...
1870-1893
Industrial Revolution & Gilded Age New York
The Gilded Age was a formative era for the nation and New York, its most populous state. The decades that ...