they got rid of the czars (kings) and had the bolsheviks take over
New York metropolitan area
In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609, he landed in North America on behalf of the Dutch East India Company and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area.
Because it was the first Southern state to leave the <u />Union and the first shots to start the Civil War were fired there
