New York State - Revision history

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‎English New York

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 *Downstate, including [[New York City]] (meaning us), [[Long Island]], and the lower Hudson Valley counties, especially [[Westchester]] and [[Rockland]]
-*Upstate, a vast wilderness containing decaying cities like Buffalo and third-tier universities such as [[Cornell]]. Some of this area contains cities with classical names, such as Syracuse and Rome, that you may recognize from the [[Core Curriculum]]. Do not confuse these dismal places with the glories of antiquity, but know that they were so named by one-time [[King's College]] math professor [[Robert Harpur]]. Your only experience upstate could well be one of the [[COOP]] programs.
+*[[Upstate New York|Upstate]], a vast wilderness containing decaying cities like Buffalo and third-tier universities such as [[Cornell]]. Some of this area contains cities with classical names, such as Syracuse and Rome, that you may recognize from the [[Core Curriculum]]. Do not confuse these dismal places with the glories of antiquity, but know that they were so named by one-time [[King's College]] math professor [[Robert Harpur]]. Your only experience upstate could well be one of the [[COOP]] programs.
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	Thankfully, however, the state is more often than not blessed with the benign oversight of a Columbia-educated [[Governor of New York\|Governor]].		Thankfully, however, the state is more often than not blessed with the benign oversight of a Columbia-educated [[Governor of New York\|Governor]].

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	Thankfully, however, the state is more often than not blessed with the benign oversight of a Columbia-educated [[Governor of New York\|Governor]].		Thankfully, however, the state is more often than not blessed with the benign oversight of a Columbia-educated [[Governor of New York\|Governor]].

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	New York's contingent of [[Founding Fathers]] - educated at King's College - made sure the new republic was grounded in the terra firma of a strong national government which took pains to underwrite industrial development. In one fell swoop, New York's special relationship to financiers - and its future [[w:Rust Belt\|Rust Belt]] status - was secured. The apotheosis of this era is widely acknowledged to be Columbia-educated Governor [[DeWitt Clinton]]'s successful completion of a [[w:Erie Canal\|giant ditch]].		New York's contingent of [[Founding Fathers]] - educated at King's College - made sure the new republic was grounded in the terra firma of a strong national government which took pains to underwrite industrial development. In one fell swoop, New York's special relationship to financiers - and its future [[w:Rust Belt\|Rust Belt]] status - was secured. The apotheosis of this era is widely acknowledged to be Columbia-educated Governor [[DeWitt Clinton]]'s successful completion of a [[w:Erie Canal\|giant ditch]].
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		+	===Late 19th century to present===
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		+	New York State has largely continued along the same themes established by the Columbians of yore - kickbacks to industry, authoritarian "boss"-style government, and other noble contributions. Notably, these achievements have largely accelerated with the introduction of some [[Adam Smith\|other]] [[Machiavelli\|writers]] into the Columbia [[core]].

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-Far from [[w:University of Leuven|Leuven]], the poor expatriate Dutch had forgotten the [[w:Trojan Horse|intimate battle psychology]] detailed by the likes of [[Homer]], and were easily outmastered by a swashbuckling bunch of [[Oxbridge]]-educated English. They promptly, however, cast the fledgling colony into the lap of its new namesake, the Duke of York, who could not be bothered to care what the state of ignorance was in his North American dominions. It was not until a century later that hatred of what would become [[Princeton]] led to debates over whether the colonial capital of New York City could pay proper host to "a colledge".
+Far from [[w:University of Leiden|Leiden]], the poor expatriate Dutch had forgotten the [[w:Trojan Horse|intimate battle psychology]] detailed by the likes of [[Homer]], and were easily outmastered by a swashbuckling bunch of [[Oxbridge]]-educated English. They promptly, however, cast the fledgling colony into the lap of its new namesake, the Duke of York, who could not be bothered to care what the state of ignorance was in his North American dominions. It was not until a century later that hatred of what would become [[Princeton]] led to debates over whether the colonial capital of New York City could pay proper host to "a colledge".
 Thankfully, by this time the colony had been so thoroughly Anglicized that any objection to the new college's dipping into the deep, deep coffers of the monopolistic Church of England were laughed away with ease. A royal charter was obtained from George II and the new seat of learning named King's College.