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New York was admitted to statehood on July 26, 1788. It is called "Empire State."
History
"First
I will mention to you that New
York, among other proofs that its boundary
line was the west side of Connecticut river, and that the province
extended northward to the St. Lawrence or Canada line, averred,
that the Five Nations, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas,
and Senecas, had been subdued, and had submitted to the governors
of New York, by
treaties, as early as 1683. These Five Nations were, by the
French, called Iroquois. They were a powerful confederacy of
distinct tribes, and had conquered the other native tribes from
the great lakes to the ocean. New
York claimed, from their submission, the
exclusive right to purchase their lands from them, and to have
jurisdiction over the country when purchased and settled. The
country on both sides Lake Champlain belonged to the Five Nations;
and in the ancient maps, that water is called Lake Iroquois.
New York, you
know, likewise claimed all this country as being surrendered to
England b y the Dutch, and granted by the king to the Duke of
York ..."
Source: A History of
New York, for
Schools, Volume 1 by William Dunlap
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