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How was New York settled?Popularity: 45
Who is the mayor of New York City?
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Where can you find information about the 1898 picture called the 'Last Letter'?
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Why did Manhattan flourish during the past 50 years?
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How did New York become independent?
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How long does it take by ship from New York to South Korea?
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What part did Thomas Hall - or Hael - play in early New York?
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What are some foods New York is known for?
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What was the cash crop or basis of colonial New York's economy?
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What is some interesting information to use in a history project that must promote the colony of New York before 1700?
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When was the World Trade Center built?
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What was family life like in New York during the 1920's?
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Why are the ornate retro-looking apartment houses at 72nd st and Central Park called the Dakotas?
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What are the different Boroughs famous for?
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Was New York City built on swamp ground?
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When was the black Statue of Liberty built and where can you find it?
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How many islands are in the New York Archipelago and what are their names?
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What were the main types of houses in New York in 1964?
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Is it true that major parks in NYC were once connected by paths called Bay Parkways Belt parkways and other parkways?
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Where can you find the history of the Hoffman School located at the Cloisters - popular in the 1920s and 1930s?
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Why is New York so popular for tourists?
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How many people walk across Times Square every day?
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What religions were the settlers of New York?
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What is the State motto of New York?
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Why did the English want to take control of New Netherland?
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Which languages besides English where spoken in the 18th century in NY?
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How does New York state rank in size among all the US states?
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What was the capital of New York before Albany?
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How were gay people treated during the 1950's in New York?
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How did Idlewild Airport get its name?
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When was the first subway built?
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What was the culture like in New York during the 1920's?
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When were the Twin Towers built?
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Why is Marble Hill part of the Borough of Manhattan?
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Who was the mayor after John Lindsay?
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What types of homes did early settlers live in in colonial New York?
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Does the Ullman Manufacturing Company of over 100 years ago still exist?
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Where can you find a description of the Five Points community in New York from the perspective of the African-Americans who lived there?
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Where can you find a physical map of Colonial New York?
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Why wasn't the capital of New York State kept in New York City instead of moving it to Albany?
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Where can you find information on the New York City Gun Retailer H D Folsom Arms Company that bought out Crescent Arms in 1893?
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What was education like in the 1700s in New York?
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What was New York's climate like in 1750?
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What was the exact address of John Hughson's Tavern where the alleged Great Negro Plot of 1741 was said to have been planned?
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Where can you find a map of Manhattan during the Civil War period?
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What were the geographical features of colonial New York?
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What types of governments did colonial New York have and when were they established?
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What was the name of New York City's fort in 1700 and where was it located?
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What year was the Grand Concourse speedway in the Bronx built?
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How did Albany become the State Capital of New York rather than New York City?
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Was electricity prevalent in New York for business and housing during the 1890's?
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Did Jews have total religious freedom in New York or were they looked down on?
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What were important settlements or places in the colony of New York?
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Where were any of the Centurian Theaters which existed in the Bronx or NYC in the 1930s?
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How can you find out if Josiah Phillips was a resident of Gold Street New York sometime in the nineteenth century?
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Who was New York City Comptroller in 1944?
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What is the name of the resort city and cataract between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie in western New York?
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How much did it cost to build the Guggenheim Museum?
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Where did the name Big Apple come from?
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How big is New York City in square miles?
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What was the street address of Lying-In Hospital which was incorporated into the Cornell Medical Center?
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Where do you find New York census and tax records from the 1820's?
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What did the lives of children in colonial New York consist of?
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Who were important people in the early days of the New York colony?
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How did the creation of New York lead to the founding of New Jersey and Pennsylvania?
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What were the people of colonial New York like?
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From what countries or geographic areas did people immigrate to colonial New York?
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Where can you find a publisher who might be interested in printing a history of organized crime in New York?
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Why was the New York colony settled?
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How was the geography of New York different in the 1700s?
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