History And Simultaneity

A partial list… 402 years ago, the first European outpost in our area started. 400 years ago, the town of Nieuw Amsterdam was created. 369 years ago, the Flushing Remonstrance, an early statement of religious tolerance in the North American colonies, was written about five blocks from where my elementary school would be built 291 years later. 362 years ago, geopolitics led to New Amsterdam becoming New York. 250 years ago, the creation of the United States started. 250 years ago, the Great Fire[1] leveled a fair chunk of New York. 227 years ago, New York state outlawed slavery here. 199 years ago, the last slaves in New York state were finally freed. 191 years ago, the Great Fire[2] leveled a fair chunk of New York. 181 years ago, the Great Fire[3]leveled a fair chunk of New York. 151[4] years ago, the first[5] skyscraper was built in lower Manhattan[6]. 128 years ago, the city of New York swallowed Brooklyn[7], Queens, and Staten Island whole, having recently finished digesting the…