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The Story of Manhattan
by Charles HEMSTREET (1866 - )22 - Chapter XXII - Fighting the Tax on Tea
The history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. It begins with Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan in 1609. And it finishes in 1898 when the island of Manhattan becomes the Borough of Manhattan of Greater New York. (Summary by Guero.)
Listen next episodes of The Story of Manhattan:
23 - Chapter XXIII - The Sons of Liberty at Turtle Bay , 24 - Chapter XXIV - The War of the Revolution , 25 - Chapter XXV - A Battle on Long Island , 26 - Chapter XXVI - The British Occupy New York , 27 - Chapter XXVII - The Battle of Harlem Heights , 28 - Chapter XXVIII - The British Fail to Sweep Everything Before Them , 29 - Chapter XXIX - New York a Prison House , 30 - Chapter XXX - After the War , 31 - Chapter XXXI - The First President of the United States , 32 - Chapter XXXII - The Welcome to George Washington , 33 - Chapter XXXIII - Concerning the Tammany Society and Burr's Bank , 34 - Chapter XXXIV - More about Hamilton and Burr , 35 - Chapter XXXV - Robert Fulton Builds a Steam-Boat , 36 - Chapter XXXVI - The City Plan , 37 - Chapter XXXVII - The Story of the Erie Canal , 38 - Chapter XXXVIII - The Building of the Croton Aqueduct , 39 - Chapter XXXIX - Professor Morse and the Telegraph , 40 - Chapter XL - The Greater New York , 41 - Table of Events