Transcript From Colony to State - Catskill Central School Dst

From Colony to State
Mr. Luvera
Chapter 6: A New State
Unit 3: A Time of Change
Describe the similarities and differences New York and the
United States experienced while forming their
governments.
United States
New York
-106 people came
together
-Representatives
gathered around the
state
-Establish land
treaties with Native
Americans
Created
Constitutions
-Passed the Articles of
Confederation for
weak central
government
-Meeting of delegates
who argued over the
role of the central
government & how
much protection
citizens should receive
How did New York play a part in the signing of the United
States Constitution?
Sequence of Events
New York sent delegates to Philadelphia to develop a
national constitution.
Many New York delegates wanted to add amendments,
which happened before signing the Constitution.
New York was the eleventh state to ratify, or approve, the
United States Constitution.
A National Government
 George Washington film (13min):
http://www.earlyamerica.com/gwlife3
.html
Use the chart below to show how colonial New York’s
economy developed.
Sequence of Events
Founding of Bank of New York
Merchants trading and importing from China
Signing of the Buttonwood Agreement
Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804)
Founding father, first
Secretary of the Treasury,
advocate of strong national
government, member of the
Continental Congress and
Constitutional Convention,
co-author of the Federalist
Papers, proposed Bank of
the U. S., helped create
Federalist Party, died in a
duel with rival Aaron Burr.
Federal Hall & the Verplanck Mansion, 1789
Wall Street, New York City
A view of Wall Street in 1829. It was just a cobblestone street back then. C. Pool,
in the building on the left, offered law books along with business
stationary. On the right is the old Custom House.
Wall Street, 2005
© Daniel Meyer
All rights reserved
New York Stock
Exchange
2005
Wall Street,
New York City
Statue of
George
Washington
looking over
the street
Col. Wessel Ten Broeck erected this stone house about 1676 wherein
the first Senate of State of New York met after the adoption of the
first constitution 1777, until burning of Kingston, October 16, 1777.
Hudson River
Catskill Creek
1889
Kaaterskill Falls on
Spruce Creek near
Palenville, New York.
Highest falls in New
York. Two separate
falls total 260 feet.
Homes on Liberty St., Catskill , NY
Thomas Cole, View on the Catskill, Early Autumn, 1837