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==In-Country Migration== | ==In-Country Migration== | ||
'''Pre-Revolutionary War | '''Pre-Revolutionary War''' <br> | ||
*Before 1775, settlement in New York was confined to the Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie, and Delaware valleys until after the Revolutionary War. | *Before 1775, settlement in New York was confined to the Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie, and Delaware valleys until after the Revolutionary War. | ||
*During and after the war, New Yorkers loyal to the King of England emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. | *During and after the war, New Yorkers loyal to the King of England emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. | ||
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*In the two decades after the war, 500,000 new settlers came into New York, and the state tripled its population. | *In the two decades after the war, 500,000 new settlers came into New York, and the state tripled its population. | ||
'''Pre-Civil War | '''Pre-Civil War''' <br> | ||
*Before 1861, cities along migration routes such as '''Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo''' prospered. | *Before 1861, cities along migration routes such as '''Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo''' prospered. | ||
*Natives of other states such as '''New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont''' moved to New York in large numbers during the pre-Civil War era. | *Natives of other states such as '''New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont''' moved to New York in large numbers during the pre-Civil War era. | ||
=== New York Migration Routes === | |||
[[Ellis Island, Castle Garden, etc.]]{{·}} [[Atlantic Coast Ports]]{{·}} [[Lake Champlain]]{{·}} [[Lake Erie]]{{·}} [[Lake Ontario]]{{·}} [[Long Island Sound]]{{·}} [[Hudson River]]{{·}} [[Mohawk River]]{{·}} [[St. Lawrence River]]{{·}} [[Chambly Canal]]{{·}} [[Champlain Canal]]{{·}} [[Delaware and Raritan Canal]]{{·}} [http://www.eriecanal.org/]{{·}} [[Albany Post Road]]{{·}} [[Catskill Turnpike]]{{·}} [[Forbidden Path]]{{·}} [[Great Genesee Road]]{{·}} [[Great Shamokin Path]]{{·}} [[Greenwood Road]]{{·}} [[Hudson River Path]]{{·}} [[King's Highway]] {{·}} [[Boston Post Road]]{{·}} [[Lake Champlain Trail]]{{·}} [[Lake Shore Path]] {{·}} [[Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths]]{{·}} [[Minsi Path]]{{·}} [[Mohawk or Iroquois Trail]]{{·}} [[New York Turnpikes]]{{·}} [[Old Connecticut Path]] | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||