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Pete Hamill

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  1. “There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs - commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land. Look at the crowds of water-gazers there.” • Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, 1851

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  3. Time Periods in Forever Ireland: early 1700s New York: 1741 - 1776 1834 - 1878 2001

  4. Ireland in the 1700s Catholics: 70% of population 5% land ownership cannot vote, marry Protestants, bare arms Protestants: own large estates, control Parliament, inherit property English domination: trade restrictions lead to economic hardships 1733: bank failure 1740: famine and bread riots 1741: 400,000 die in dysentery outbreak

  5. Johnathan Swift, 1667-1745

  6. New Amsterdam 1660source: fortamsterdam.wordpress.com

  7. New York in 1741 Slavery: Slaves made up 20% of population in 1730 Historical Figures: Peter Zenger John Hughson Fires and Revolt The Political Party System George Washington and the Revolution

  8. Hughson’s Tavern - 1741 • source: maap.columbia.edu.

  9. New York - 1767 • source: mapsites.net/gotham

  10. The Great Fire of 1776source: wiredny.com

  11. New York 1834 - 1878 Expansion of the City Sanitation and Water “Boss” Tweed and Political Patronage

  12. Manhattan 1827source:mbpo.org

  13. The “5 Points” Neighborhood

  14. William “Boss” Tweed1823 - 1878

  15. For Further Reading: • Ackerman, K. D. Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005. • Berrol, Selma Cantor. The Empire City: New York and Its People, 1624-1996. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1997. • Kammen, Michael. Colonial New York: A History. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraud, 1975. • Lepore, Jill. New York Burning:Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth- Century Manhattan. New York: Knopf, 2005.

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