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Former capitals of the United States

  • Princeton, New JerseyThe Lenape Native Americans were the earliest identifiable inhabitants of the Princeton area. Europeans settled into the region in the late part of the 17th…
  • Trenton, New JerseyThe Lenape Native Americans, specifically the Axion band, inhabited the area that would become Trenton during the mid-17th century.
  • BaltimoreIn 1706, the colonial General Assembly of Maryland created the Port of Baltimore at old Whetstone Point, now Locust Point.
  • PhiladelphiaWilliam Penn arrived in the Delaware Valley in 1682 to establish a colony where religious freedom could flourish. He purchased land from the Lenape people…
  • New York CityIn 1624, thirty families arrived on Governors Island to establish a Dutch fur trading settlement. This small group founded what would become New Amsterdam in…