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American History.United States: Local History and Description.Atlantic Coast. Middle Atlantic States.New York.
New York City skyline New York City
New AmsterdamNew Amsterdam was established by the Dutch West India Company at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1624. Originally founded to protect Dutch fur trade operations in the Hudson River Valley, it became New York City in 1664.
Statue of LibertyStatue of Liberty Properly known as Liberty Enlightening the World, the Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island (formerly Bedloe's Island) in New York Harbor. France gave the monument to the United States in 1884 as a symbol of friendship.
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