"Featuring the most current scholarship, this book examines the lives and achievements of some of the most influential men and women in New York's early history. Features brief biographies of Peter Minuit, Sybil Ludington, Petrus Stuyvesant, Red Jacket, and Asser Levy. Biographical information is placed within the context of New York history. Primary and secondary sources provide readers the tools to compare and contrast accounts of these leaders' lives"--Provided by the publisher.

Title proper from title frame. Includes index. Includes chronologies. Includes glossary. "Rosen Learning Center.". "Rosen Digital.". Lesson plans and assessments included. Navigation tool bar includes audio narration, text highlighting by word or sentence, and automatic or manual page turn.

Henry Hudson and the Dutch - Buying Manhattan - Petrus Stuyvesant brings order to New Amsterdam - Community leaders in Dutch New Amsterdam and English New York - Freedom of the press - Slavery and freedom in New York - The road to revolution - Teenage hero - Native American allies - New York and the American Revolution.