9. Four hundred years ago, the
Algonquin Indians owned the
island of Manhattan.
In 1626, a Dutchman called Peter
Minuit gave the Indians 24 dollars to
buy the island.
In about 1650, five hundred people
lived there and it was called New
Amsterdam.
10. In 1664 the British took the town from
the Dutch and changed its name to
New York.
At the end of the eighteenth century,
many immigrants started to come to
America..
They first came from Germany and
Ireland, later from Italy, Poland, Russia,
Africa and China.
33. A huge Christmas tree and a
crowded skating rink attract New
Yorkers and tourists.
34.
35. But on the 11th
of September 2001,
(9/11) for Americans, radical Islamists
crashed two planes into the towers.
Today this site is called “Ground Zero”.