A surprise dead-of-night attack helped lead to US independence from the British. Now, a series of events are commemorating ...

They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies.

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... 1741: Fires break out in New York City, which has the second-largest urban population of blacks.