New York City has a long history as a global center of commerce and trade. It was founded as a Dutch trading post called New Amsterdam in the early 1600s and was later captured by the British and renamed New York. Throughout the 17th-18th centuries, New York grew as an important port city and briefly served as the capital of the United States after the American Revolution. In the 19th-20th centuries, New York transformed into a global economic hub and cultural capital, becoming the most populous city in the US by the 1920s. However, New York faced economic struggles in the 1960s-70s before revitalizing its financial sector in the 1980s. The September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 destroyed

1. New York City The Cross World Of Trade By B Lukas History 141 # 71154 Instructor: Dr. M Arguello