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New York Governors

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Objective

This project brings together the governors of the state of New York. This covers the state in all its historical phases - including colonial times.

Background

The state of New York was born as the Dutch province of New Netherland. After the early exploration of the island of Manhattan by Henry Hudson in 1609 - and the adjacent 'North River' (now called Hudson River) - the chartered Dutch West India Company initially installed trading posts. It took 15 years before the Dutch republic decided to call New Netherland a new province, as a political entity. Given that this was initially a business venture, they nominated 'directors' or 'directors-general' - instead of 'governors' - to the province. Between 1664-1673, the English occupied New Amsterdam and laid claim on the Dutch province. After a brief recapture by the Dutch, between 1673-1674, the Treaty of Westminster sealed the peace. Britain now called this colony the province of New York. Britain continued to rule the province until the Declaration of Independence in 1776. With the Treaty of Paris (1783), Britain formally recognized the independence of its thirteen American colonies, and New York became an independent state that ratified, in 1788, a common constitution for the United States of America.

Governors of New York

Dutch Period - Province of New Netherland== 

 ===English Period - Province of New York=== 
===Dutch Period - Province of New Netherland===
  • 1673-1673 : Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste, Jacob Binckes
  • 1673-1674 : Anthony Colve
===English Period - Province of New York===

Independence - State of New York===

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