Developement
What happened to the churches after the first fire?
Turned into prisons or barracks
When was NYC the capital of the USA?
1785-1790
Mainly which nationality immigrated to New York in the 18th century?
Germans
When did the last British soldiers leave the USA and what were they also called?
25 November 1783
Redcoats
How was New York called before 1664 and who gave the city the name it has nowadays?
New Amsterdam, the British
To where, and when was the capital moved?
The capital was moved to the Potomac river, Philadelphia chosen by Washington himself, after Congress had voted to accept the compromise on Jul 10, 1790. This location is nowadays known as Washington DC. District of Columbia, Virginia.
Approximately how many slaves were in New York by 1756?
13000
Explain what a State of the Union address is, who gave the first one and when the first one was given.
The State of the Union Address is an annual address given by the President of the USA to Congress concerning the state of the country and its affairs. The first of which was given by George Washington on Jan 8, 1790.
Why could the fire in the night of the 20th of September 1776 spread so easily?
Dry weather, strong winds and the fire department wasn’t active anymore.
How did NYC become the capital?
In late 1784 that the Continental Congress (Congress of the USA) voted to have their meeting place to be NYC and it thus became the capital.
How were immigrants met by the local inhabitants?
Very badly, met with hostility and put into the worst jobs and houses.
Name 3 people of Washington's cabinet (his Secretaries of State, etc.)?
100 bonus points if you can name their political affiliation and stance on slavery (only for the ones that were specifically mentioned in the presentation)
Thomas Jefferson (Secretary of State, Slaver, Democratic Republican), Alexander Hamilton (Treasury Secretary, Abolitionist, Federalist) and Henry Knox (Department of War, (not mentioned), Abolitionist, Federalist)
What was the Erie Canal, why was it build and how did the city profit from the project?
A canal from the Hudson River to Lake Erie to improve trading. It was built after New York became the trading hub for cotton from the South in 1817. The city became the trading capital of the US.
Why was the capital moved? Name the reason, as well as the people involved in it, their political party and stance on slavery.
It was in fact a dispute between the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists that ended NYC’s run as the nation’s capital. To be more exact it was a compromise between Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton came up with a financial plan, where the states would help the government pay its immense debt. The democratic Republicans, however, were not a fan of this plan as it was government control and because their states (southern) had already paid off their war debt. This of course was possible as they still made heavy use of slavery. In the end it is believed that Alexander Hamilton was able to compromise with Jefferson and Madison. This compromise saw Hamilton’s financial plan be put into effect, whilst the capital was moved to a southern state/pro slavery state. This was to ensure that the government wouldn’t cater only to the abolitionist movement which wanted to ban slavery.
Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson (pro slaver and Democratic Republican)
Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton (Abolitionist and Federalist)
The big wave of immigration hit in the 1847 after which event?
Potato shortage in Ireland
What were the Federalist papers? Who were the 3 people that wrote them? How many essays were written?
100 bonus points if you can name who wrote how many essays.
The federalist papers were a set of anonymously published essays that urged the government to ratify the new Constitution of the USA.
There were a total of 85 essays written by 3 men. John Jay got sick after writing 5, James Madison wrote 29, and Alexander Hamilton wrote the other 51.