New York, state, United States

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New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Ontario (NW), and the province of Quebec (N).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• New York since 1912
• Political Corruption and the Labor Movement
• Immigration and Civil War
• Political, Reform, and Cultural Movements
• Land Speculation and Commercial Development
• Revolution and a New Constitution
• An English Colony
• French and Dutch Claims
• The Algonquians and the Iroquois
• Government, Politics, and Higher Education
• Economy
• Geography
• Facts and Figures

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