Editing New York

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{{Youmay|the state of New York|[[New York City]]}}
{{Location Infobox
|name = State of New York
|image = Flag of New York.png
|state = United States of America
|rulers = Dutch Republic (1614–1667; 1673–1674)<br>[[British Empire]] (1664–1776)<br>[[United States]] (1776/1783–current)
|factions = [[Templars]]<br>[[Assassins]]<br>[[British Army]]<br>[[Continental Army]]<br>[[Sons of Liberty]]<br>[[Iroquois]]
|date = July 26, 1788 (11th)
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'''New York''' is a state in the northeastern region of the [[United States]], bordered by [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]] to the south and by [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]] and [[Vermont]] to the east. It was one of the thirteen colonies that claimed independence from [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] during the [[American Revolution]].

==History==
New York was the location of the [[Grand Temple]], which became guarded by the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] when they settled in the valley around the {{Wiki|Mohawk River}}. As the easternmost members of the [[Iroquois]], they had the most contact with the [[Europe]]an settlers. During the [[French and Indian War]], the river became strategically important as a route to [[Quebec]], and the area was regularly raided, as was the case with the neutral village of [[Kanatahséton]] in 1760.

[[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] rewarded the Iroquois who sided with the British by establishing a boundary line against colonists who would settle on their land. But five years later, disputes continued and the Confederacy met with Sir [[William Johnson]] to establish a new boundary line. The controversial {{Wiki|Treaty of Fort Stanwix|treaty}} at {{Wiki|Fort Stanwix}} left the British with even more land than before, even causing the {{Wiki|Board of Trade}} to ask Johnson to reconsider, but he refused. Six years later, Johnson was assassinated by [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] at [[Johnson Hall]] when he threatened the Iroquois Chiefs into selling him their territory.

In 1776, [[New York City]] was occupied by the [[Continental Army]], during which time [[Thomas Hickey]] attempted to assassinate Commander [[George Washington]], but was stopped by Connor. Washington left but had to return immediately to hold the city against [[William Howe]]'s [[British Army|troops]]. Connor sent his [[Assassin apprentices|recruits]] to assist the [[Patriots]] {{Wiki|Battle of Long Island|evacuating Long Island}}, and spread morale following the {{Wiki|Landing at Kip's Bay|defeat at Kip's Bay}} by informing them of the insulting things the British were saying, helping them win the {{Wiki|Battle of Harlem Heights}}. They also silenced soldiers who cried out for [[Charles Lee]] to take command from Washington. Regardless, the Patriots were forced to retreat, and the city fell under British control for the rest of the war.

The following year, Connor came to New York to aid the [[civilians]] following the [[Great Fire of New York|Great Fire]], and recruited [[Deborah Carter]], [[Jamie Colley]] and [[Jacob Zenger]] into the Order. They aided [[John Stark]] in winning the {{Wiki|Battle of Bennington}} by assassinating the Loyalist leader [[Friedrich Baum]]. Connor also met [[Aveline de Grandpré]], an Assassin from [[New Orleans]], when she came seeking the Templar [[George Davidson|Officer Davidson]], whom they found at a [[Forts|fort]] in the countryside.

In 1778, Washington ordered an attack on Kanatahséton after Lee had manipulated them into joining the British side of the war, causing a rift between him and Connor. A year later, the commander sent [[John Sullivan]] to lead an Expedition against Iroquois troops massacring civilians. He burned 40 Iroquois villages, salting the land and leaving people to burn alive in cabins. Sullivan even attacked the neutral {{Wiki|Onondaga people|Onondaga}}, who promptly sided with the British. The {{Wiki|Sullivan Expedition}} forced many villages to relocate, earning Washington the title of "Town Destroyer", and only served to perpetuate the violence between the Patriots and the natives. In 1780, Connor reluctantly aided Washington when he informed him of a plot to infiltrate [[West Point]].

After the war, the area once guarded by the Kanien'kehá:ka was settled as [[Turin, New York]].

In 2003, the son of the [[Mentor]] [[William Miles]], [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], escaped from [[South Dakota]] to New York, believing his parents to be conspiracy freaks. Eventually, Desmond gained an employment as a bartender at [[Bad Weather]] and also met a woman with whom he unknowingly conceived a [[Elijah|child]] in 2005.

In 2012, the Assassin cell consisting of William and Desmond Miles, [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] arrived there to find a way to prevent a [[2012 coronal mass ejection|catastrophe]] like the one that destroyed the [[Isu]].

==Trivia==
*[[Albany]], New York was the location of the [[Albany Congress]] that [[Benjamin Franklin]] discussed with [[Haytham Kenway]].

==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus]]''

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