A home geography of New York city . eorge III. At this time the majority of the peoplein the colonies did not wish to be independent of England; theyhoped the delegates would be able to settle the trouble. But theking was offended with the colonists and opposed all their convention then decided that the colonies ought to be free fromEnglish rule. The Declaration of Independence was written, andadopted on July 4, 1776, and then the Seven Years War for inde-pendence began. The Americans were victorious. When the warwas over the thirteen united colonies became thirteen free states,and
A home geography of New York city . eorge III. At this time the majority of the peoplein the colonies did not wish to be independent of England; theyhoped the delegates would be able to settle the trouble. But theking was offended with the colonists and opposed all their convention then decided that the colonies ought to be free fromEnglish rule. The Declaration of Independence was written, andadopted on July 4, 1776, and then the Seven Years War for inde-pendence began. The Americans were victorious. When the warwas over the thirteen united colonies became thirteen free states,and New York became a free American city. In one hundred and seventy-four years New York had seenseven changes: (1) it had been the home of the Indians; (2) it wasvisited by Heiu-y Hudson; (3) it was visited by fur traders; (4) itbecame a Dutch trading settlement; (5) it became a Dutch city;(6) it then became an English city; and (7) when the Englisharmy left New York in 1783 it became what it has remained, — afree American city. 155. 156 NEW YORK AS AN ENGLISH COLONYCHAPTER XXXV GROWTH AND PROSPERITY UNDER THE ENGLISH The English made many improvements in New York. One ofthe first was the cleaning of streets. Men were paid to carry awaythe heaps of dirt. This was the beginning of the street-cleaningdepartment. The city wall was taken down and in its place astreet was laid out. The streets were lighted at night for the firsttime. On every seventh house there was a lantern hung on a not this seem a very strange way to light the streets ? On New Years Day, in 1673, the first regular mail in the Englishcolonies started from New York to Boston. Each first Monday ofthe month he sets out from New York and is to return within themonth from Boston to us again, wrote the governor to a friend. The postman rode on horseback along the old Dutch postroad from Bowling Green to Harlem river. He then crossed theriver to the Boston road and went along the Boston road throughThe Bronx. F
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