New York history

Manhattan's colonial origins

The history of New York, particularly New York City and State.

The phrase typically appears in academic contexts—courses, books, or museum exhibits covering the region's past from Dutch colonial settlement through its emergence as a financial and cultural capital: She's teaching New York history this semester, a New York history museum.

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geographic focus

New York historyTexas history

Chronicle of the Lone Star

Southern history · Hawaiian history

specificity of place

New York historyworld history

Record of all peoples

human history

Family

York, history, newer, newest, newly, newness, historic, historical, historically

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Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G