New York: The Empire State

• Capital: Albany
• Major Cities:
  • New York city
  • Buffalo
  • Rochester
  • Syracuse
• Major Geographical Features
  • Lake Erie
  • Lake Ontario
  • Finger Lakes
  • Niagara Falls
  • Mohawk River
  • Delaware River
  • Hudson River
  • St. Lawrence River
  • Adirondack Mountains
  • Catskill Mountains
  • Long Island
  • Long Island Sound
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Allegheny Plateau
• National Parks: none
• 1664: The British seize present-day New York from the Dutch
• 1785-1790: New York City serves as the nation's capital
• 1788: New York becomes the 11th state
• 1825: The Erie Canal makes New York City a major port
• Sept. 11, 2001: The World Trade Center is destroyed in a terrorist attack
• Motto: "Ever Upward"
• Name Meaning: Named for the English Duke of York
• The Military Academy is located in West Point, New York
• The United Nations' headquarters is in New York City
• Industries
  • Publishing
  • Financing
  • Machinery
• 1st state to preserve an historic site, establish a state park, and declare land "forever wild" (all in its state constitution)
• 1st railroad in the United States connected Albany and Schenectady
• Famous People
  • Martin van Buren
  • Millard Fillmore
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Michael Jordan
  • Norman Rockwell
  • Walt Whitman
  • Lady Gaga
  • Lou Gehrig
  • Herman Melville
  • Colin Powell
  • John D. Rockefeller
  • Elizabeth Ann Seton