New York was 1 of the Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States. His lands were inhabited by Algonkin tribes and indigenous Americans from the Iroquois Confederation respective 1000 years earlier, before Europeans arrived here. In 1621, as a consequence of Henry Hudson's 1609 expedition, the fresh Netherlands colony was established here. After 30 years, the Dutch tore it out by the English – changed its name to the state of fresh York. During the 18th century United States independency War, a group of colonists succeeded in gaining sovereignty and ratifying the Constitution of the United States (1788).
