Why did New York get the nickname Empire State?
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It has the tallest buildings in the U S A including the empire state building.
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The Great Seal of New York\n\nThe Great Seal of New York\n\nThe Great Seal of New York was first established in 1777 to act as the official seal of the state. In 1778 a second form was completed that included a a full coat of arms. In 1882 a final law was adopted describing the seal as designed in 1778.\n\nNew York's seal features the state's official Coat of Arms encircled by the words "The Great Seal of the State of New York". The Coat of Arms is crested by an American eagle, wings outstretched. The eagle stands upon a globe, showing the North Atlantic Ocean. The female figures of Liberty and Justice stand upon a scroll that proclaims "Excelsior", or "Ever Upward". Liberty and Justice frame a scene of two ships on a river, with the sun gloriously rising above the mountains.\n\nState Statute.
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The state nickname has been called TAXSACHUSSETTS for as long as I can remember.  It's a state tradition from the onset of the United States.\n\nBut....it's a lovely state full of great people who continue to live there and have for well over 200 yrs.
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The name of this country is The UNITED STATES of America. In order to have a capital for the whole 50 states a special DISTRICT was created: District of Columbia.
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umm... are you referring to Gitlow versus NY?\n\n\nI don't know what the hell these other people are talking about!
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It isn't\nGeorgia (the state) was named after King George II of England the country Georgia is derived from the Persian word Gurji (the people in the country (not region of Russia- separate country) of Georgia call the country Sakartvelo- only foreigners call it Georgia.
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an affair to remember? It is a remake. Empire State Building
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because the name[ harry potter ]was taken
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The U.S. was founded and developed by people from England and the rest of Europe.  So when they came to name a town, they often used names from "the old country," in part because they were homesick, and in part because they simply liked that town in the old country.  That's why so many names in America start with New:  New York, New England, New Jersey, etc.  You can pretty much tell where the immigrants came from by the nature of the town names.  For example, guess where the immigrants in the Santa Cruz Mountains came from, with names like Bonny Doon, Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond, Highlands Park . . .
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Because of all the rich people that live there.\n\nA lot of people that make it in New York or Boston move or get country homes in Connecticut.
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new york was originall new amsterdam which is to say the Dutch were the first colonists to settle the area, it was later captured by the British and renamed as present.
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New York Facts and Trivia\nThe first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843. \n \nThe 641 mile transportation network known as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the United States. \n \nA brewer named Matthew Vassar founded Vassar College in Poughkeepsie in 1861. \n \nIn 1979 Vassar students were the first from a private college to be granted permission to study in the People's Republic of China. \n \nThe Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing. \n \nUnion College in Schenectady is regarded as the Mother of Fraternities because Delta Phi is the oldest continually operating fraternity and Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi Societies were started on the campus. \n \nThe Woodstock Music and Arts Fair was actually held in Bethel. \n \nDairying is New York's most important farming activity with over 18,000 cattle and or calves farms. \n \nIn 1807 The Clermont made its maiden voyage from New York City to Albany making the vessel the first successful steamboat. \n \nSam Schapiro began the Kosher wine industry on New York's Lower East side with their famous extra heavy original concord wine in 1899. \n \nNew York City has 722 miles of subway track. \n \nPower Mill Park situated outside Rochester has a house on Park Road shaped like a group of mushrooms. \n \nChittenago is the home of L. Frank Baum, author of the "Wizard of Oz". It features a yellow brick inlaid sidewalks leading to Aunti Em's and other Oz-themed businesses. Chittenago is the location of an annual Munchkins parade. \n \nOneida has the world's smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5' X 6'. \n \nThe first daily Yiddish newspaper appeared in 1885 in New York City. \n \nThe first international sports hero, boxer Bill Richmond of Staten Island, was born August 5, 1763. \n \nThe "New York Post" established in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton is the oldest running newspaper in the United States. \n \nJohn Babcock invented both the indoor rowing machine and the sliding seat during the winter of 1869/1870. \n \nThe first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady. \n \nThe first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall. \n \nHartsdale has a pet cemetery established in 1896 and containing 12,000 plots. \n \nIn November for Boy Scouts and in March for Girl Scouts the annual Urban Camp-Outs are hosted at the Empire State Building. \n \nThe Catskills are the home of the legend of Rip Van Winkle, brown trout and flycasting. \n \nThe first presentation of 3D films before a paying audience took place at Manhattan's Astor Theater on June 10, 1915. \n \nSam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy who's caricature Uncle Sam came to personify the United States is buried at Troy's Oakwood Cemetery. During the War of 1812, he stamped "U.S. Beef" on his products which soldiers interpreted the U.S. abbreviation as meaning Uncle Sam. \n \nThe Genesee River is one of the few rivers in the world that flows south to north. \n \nRochester is known as both the Flour City and the Flower City. The community is home to the first abolitionist group, bloomers, marshmallows, Jell-O, French's Mustard, baby shoes, gold teeth and the mail chute. \n \nGennaro Lombardi opened the first United States pizzeria in 1895 in New York City. \n \nOn July 28, 1945 an Army Air Corps B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building at the 79th floor level. \n \nNew York's largest lake in Oneida measures 79.8 square miles. \n \nNew York's highest waterfall is the 215 foot Taughannock. \n \nThe Erie Canal, built across New York State in the 1820s, opened the Midwest to development and helped New York City become a worldwide trading center. \n \nThe first Boy's Club was es
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Its because of their entire history past and present. The Yankees represent a winning organization and team. This would attract bandwagoners. They are in New York, so New Yorkers or anyone born and raised there will most often like the Yankees or Mets. They have many superstars, and the people that are full of themselves and like to be the boss, this is their team. Also, some of these superstars like arod and jeter have their individual fans.
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It is the corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”.  \n\nHere is the origin of all state names:\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html
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New York or California
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General State History \n\nLess than a week after the Declaration of Independence was signed, the people of New York met in convention in Kingston to vote their support and form their own state government. Although their state was the scene of nearly a third of the battles fought in the American Revolution, and their major port and city was occupied, New Yorkers still managed to supply large quantities of food, clothing, lead and iron to General Washington, as well as to serve valiantly in the Continental Army. New Yorkers saw the christening of the American flag when the Stars and Stripes was first flown in battle at the defense of Ft. Stanwix in Rome.\n\nThe Colony of New York became a state on July 26, 1788 with the adoption of its first constitution - 12 years before the Federal Constitution. After the adoption of the Federal Constitution, New York City was chosen to be the nation's first capital and was the site of the inauguration of George Washington as President on April 30, 1789.\n\nGiovanni da Verrazano, an Italian-born navigator sailing for France, discovered New York Bay in 1524. Henry Hudson, an Englishman employed by the Dutch, reached the bay and sailed up the river now bearing his name in 1609, the same year that northern New York was explored and claimed for France by Samuel de Champlain. \n\nIn 1624 the first permanent Dutch settlement was established at Fort Orange (now Albany); one year later Peter Minuit is said to have purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for trinkets worth about $24 and founded the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (now New York City), which was surrendered to the English in.
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DC- the nations capital and established because congress could not rule in a state, they needed a separate territory because of the constitutional convention\nPhilly- the declaration of independence & the constitution\nNY- national capital until 1790