New York City History and description of its main regions: Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Richmond. New York City is a centre of world trade and finance, communications, art and entertainment. One of the world"s foremost tourist destinations.
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Minuit and his successor governors knew that expanding Dutch access to furs and trade were their primary tasks, and commerce fueled city development. Ultimately, Stuyvesant was ordered by his superiors to “shut his eyes” to dissenters so long as they did not disrupt society or trade. The governor found such official blindness difficult, and his imperious nature continued to alienate town burghers. When a British fleet sent by James, duke of York (the future James II), appeared off Gravesend in August 1664, Stuyvesant discovered that no one would fight for his colony. “Old Peg Leg” was forced to surrender on September 8 without even firing a shot. Interestingly, he chose to take an oath of allegiance to the English crown and lived out his life in the city. Despite a brief Dutch reoccupation in 1673-74, the destiny of the colony (which had been renamed in honor of James) had shifted to London. Within the conquered city, resident Dutch and incoming English merchants got along quite well, and representatives of both groups constituted city elite into the 19th century. A series of English governors ruled New York and hoped that its commerce would make them rich. New York held the flour-bolting monopoly for the area (1680), was declared the sole port of entry for the colony, and its active community of merchants carried on a world trade. New Yorks “tea party” took place in April 1774, months after Bostons famous depredations, but it was held in daylight and without any disguises. Manhattan Manhattan is the name of an island which forms the heart of New York.