The history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. It begins with Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan in 1609. And it finishes in 1898 when the island of Manhattan becomes the Borough of Manhattan of Greater New York. (Summary by Guero.)
Chapters
1 01 - Preface and Chapter I - The Adventures of Henry Hudson 9 min 2 02 - Chapter II - The First Traders on the Island 7 min 3 03 - Chapter III - Peter Minuit, First of the Dutch Governors 6 min 4 04 - Chapter IV - Walter Van Twiller, Second of the Dutch Governors 6 min 5 05 - Chapter V - William Kieft and the War with the Indians 10 min 6 06 - Chapter VI - Peter Stuyvesant, the Last of the Dutch Governors 9 min 7 07 - Chapter VII - New York Under the English and the Dutch 5 min 8 08 - Chapter VIII - Something About the Bolting Act 6 min 9 09 - Chapter IX - The Stirring Times of Jacob Leisler 5 min 10 10 - Chapter X - The Sad End of Jacob Leisler 5 min 11 11 - Chapter XI - Governor Fletcher and the Privateers 4 min 12 12 - Chapter XII - Containing the True Life of Captain Kidd 9 min 13 13 - Chapter XIII - Lord Cornbury makes Himself very Unpopular 4 min 14 14 - Chapter XIV - Lord Lovelace and Robert Hunter 5 min 15 15 - Chapter XV - Governor Burnet and the French Traders 5 min 16 16 - Chapter XVI - The Trial of Zenger, the Printer 5 min 17 17 - Chapter XVII - Concerning the Negro Plot 4 min 18 18 - Chapter XVIII - The Tragic Death of Sir Danvers Osborne 5 min 19 19 - Chapter XIX - The Beginning of Discontent 5 min 20 20 - Chapter XX - The Story of the Stamp Act 6 min 21 21 - Chapter XXI - The Beginning of Revolution 5 min 22 22 - Chapter XXII - Fighting the Tax on Tea 5 min 23 23 - Chapter XXIII - The Sons of Liberty at Turtle Bay 4 min 24 24 - Chapter XXIV - The War of the Revolution 5 min 25 25 - Chapter XXV - A Battle on Long Island 5 min 26 26 - Chapter XXVI - The British Occupy New York 6 min 27 27 - Chapter XXVII - The Battle of Harlem Heights 2 min 28 28 - Chapter XXVIII - The British Fail to Sweep Everything Before Them 6 min 29 29 - Chapter XXIX - New York a Prison House 7 min 30 30 - Chapter XXX - After the War 5 min 31 31 - Chapter XXXI - The First President of the United States 4 min 32 32 - Chapter XXXII - The Welcome to George Washington 4 min 33 33 - Chapter XXXIII - Concerning the Tammany Society and Burr's Bank 7 min 34 34 - Chapter XXXIV - More about Hamilton and Burr 4 min 35 35 - Chapter XXXV - Robert Fulton Builds a Steam-Boat 4 min 36 36 - Chapter XXXVI - The City Plan 4 min 37 37 - Chapter XXXVII - The Story of the Erie Canal 6 min 38 38 - Chapter XXXVIII - The Building of the Croton Aqueduct 4 min 39 39 - Chapter XXXIX - Professor Morse and the Telegraph 5 min 40 40 - Chapter XL - The Greater New York 2 min 41 41 - Table of Events 10 min
