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*62 COUNTIES*
(including 5 boroughs of NYC)
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“ALBANY”
*STATE CAPITAL*
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(‘american state’ in the ‘northeastern united states’)
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*141,297 square kilometers*
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*27th (of 50) most extensive state*
#1 – “ALASKA”
(1,723,337 SQUARE KILOMETERS)
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#50 – “RHODE ISLAND”
(“4001 SQUARE KILOMETERS)
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(as in ‘square (kilo)meters’)
(steer clear if the ‘mile’)
(replace with ‘kilometer’)
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(and while we’re at it…)
*4th-most populous state*
*7th-most densely populated state*
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(“new york” is bordered by “new jersey” and “pennsylvania” to the south and “connecticut”, “massachusetts”, and “vermont” to the east)
(the state has a maritime border in the “atlantic ocean” with “rhode island”, east of “long island”, as well as an international border with the canadian ‘provinces’ of ‘quebec’ to the north and ‘ontario’ to the west and north)
(the state of “new york”, with an estimated 19.8 million residents in 2015, is often referred to as “new york state” to distinguish it from “new york city”, the state’s most populous city and its economic hub)
(with an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015, “new york city” is the most populous city in the “united states” and the premier gateway for legal immigration to the “united states”)
(the “New York City Metropolitan Area” is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world)
(“New York City” is a “global city”, exerting a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute)
(the home of the “United Nations Headquarters”, “New York City” is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world, as well as the world’s most economically powerful city)
(“New York City” makes up over 40% of the population of “New York State”)
(two-thirds of the state’s population lives in the “New York City Metropolitan Area”, and nearly 40% lives on “Long Island”)
(both the state and “New York City” were named for the 17th-century “Duke of York”, future “King James II” of England)
(the next four most populous cities in the state are “buffalo”, “rochester”, “yonkers”, and “syracuse”, while the state capital is “albany”)
(“new york” had been inhabited by tribes of ‘algonquian’ and ‘iroquoian’-speaking ‘native americans’ for several hundred years by the time the earliest europeans came to “new york”)
(the first europeans to arrive were french colonists and jesuit missionaries who arrived southward from settlements at ‘montreal’ for trade and proselytizing)
(in 1609, the region was claimed by “henry hudson” for the ‘dutch’, who built ‘fort nassau’ in 1614 at the confluence of the ‘hudson’ and ‘mohawk’ rivers, where the present-day capital of ‘albany’ later developed)
(the ‘dutch’ soon also settled ‘new amsterdam’ and parts of the ‘hudson valley’, establishing the colony of “new netherland”, a multicultural community from its earliest days and a center of trade and immigration)
(the ‘british’ annexed the colony from the ‘dutch’ in 1664)
(the borders of the british colony, the ‘province of new york’, were similar to those of the present-day state)
(many landmarks in ‘new york’ are well known to both international and domestic visitors, with ‘new york state’ hosting four of the world’s ten most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: ‘times square’, ‘central park’, ‘niagara falls’ (shared with ‘ontario’), and ‘grand central terminal’)
(“new york” is home to the “statue of liberty”, a symbol of the “united states” and its ideals of ‘freedom’, ‘democracy’, and ‘opportunity’)
(in the 21st century, ‘new york’ has emerged as a global node of ‘creativity’ and ‘entrepreneurship’, ‘social tolerance’, and ‘environmental sustainability’)
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(new york’s higher education network comprises approximately 200 colleges + universities, including…)
‘columbia university’
‘cornell university’
‘new york university’
‘rockefeller university’
(…which have been ranked among the ‘top 35’ in the world)
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👈👈👈☜*“COLONIAL AMERICA”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥