In 1624 the Dutch established Fort Orange at modern Albany as their first permanent European settlement on the Hudson river. ..... This emerging pattern of cultural heterogeneity was later to have a considerable influence on the politics of the state, as were the waves of immigration from Europe that followed the Revolutionary War and continued well into the 20th century.
――明治学院大学(経済学部経済学科、社会学部社会福祉学科)――2003年