While everyone knows of New York City, the State of New York in which the City sits is a lesser-known quantity. 40% of the population of the State resides in the City of New York, which has a population of over 8 million (this implies a state population of roughly 20 million).
New York was "discovered" initially by European powers in 1609 with the voyage of Henry Hudson, working under the auspices of the Dutch East India company and was a centre of numerous battles during the American Revolutionary War, leading to US independence on 4 July, 1776 (actually America achieved legal independence on 2 July, with the Declaration of Independence achieved on 4 July).
South of New York State is New Jersery and the Great State of Pennsylvania, named after William Penn, born in Tower Hill, London. He initially called the region "Sylvania" (land of forests and woods) but this was changed by King Charles II (known as the Merrie Monarch) to "Pennsylvania".
New York was "discovered" initially by European powers in 1609 with the voyage of Henry Hudson, working under the auspices of the Dutch East India company and was a centre of numerous battles during the American Revolutionary War, leading to US independence on 4 July, 1776 (actually America achieved legal independence on 2 July, with the Declaration of Independence achieved on 4 July).
South of New York State is New Jersery and the Great State of Pennsylvania, named after William Penn, born in Tower Hill, London. He initially called the region "Sylvania" (land of forests and woods) but this was changed by King Charles II (known as the Merrie Monarch) to "Pennsylvania".
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