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A Brief History of Long Island
A Brief History of Long Island
Indians have lived on Long Island for more than 4,000 years. Their first contact with Europeans occurred about 500 years ago. Historians estimate that there were 13 groups on the island (Europeans called them tribes). These Algonquians were more peaceful than their brethren on the mainland. As Dutch settlements spread across Long Island from west to east, the Indians taught the settlers how to fish and to plant and fertilize corn.
This peaceful coexistence was short-lived, however. In 1644, dissenters from the Puritan regimes in New England crossed the Long Island Sound and began to settle the eastern end of the Island. The growth of Dutch settlements on the western end led to conflicts between the Dutch and English. In 1650, in an attempt to resolve the tensions, the two groups agreed on a border Introduction between their territories that exists today as the line between Nassau and Suffolk counties. In 1664, the British fleet conquered the Dutch, and New Amsterdam became the Colony of New York. All of Long Island was then annexed to the new colony. Brooklyn and Queens remained part of Long Island until 1898, when they became boroughs of New York City.
Last updated January 12, 2011
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