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56ce362aaab44d1400b885bf	New_York_City	Broadway, from 159th Street to 218th Street, is named Juan Rodriguez Way in his honor.	What is the street that is named after Juan Rodriguez?	{ "text": [ "Juan Rodriguez Way" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
56ce362aaab44d1400b885c0	New_York_City	Born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent, he arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613–1614, trapping for pelts and trading with the local population as a representative of the Dutch.	During what season did Juan Rodriguez first come to New York?	{ "text": [ "winter" ], "answer_start": [ 92 ] }
56cfabed234ae51400d9be49	New_York_City	The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Dominican trader Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as Jan Rodrigues).	Who was the first non-Indian person to live in what is now NYC?	{ "text": [ "Juan Rodriguez" ], "answer_start": [ 108 ] }
56cfabed234ae51400d9be4b	New_York_City	Broadway, from 159th Street to 218th Street, is named Juan Rodriguez Way in his honor.	Which street in NYC today is now named after Juan Rodriguez?	{ "text": [ "Broadway, from 159th Street to 218th Street" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56cedbb9aab44d1400b88b0f	New_York_City	A permanent European presence in New Netherland began in 1624 – making New York the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States – with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island.	On what island did the Dutch set up a settlement to trade furs?	{ "text": [ "Governors Island" ], "answer_start": [ 241 ] }
56cedbb9aab44d1400b88b10	New_York_City	In 1625, construction was started on a citadel and a Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, later called New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam).	On what island was Fort Amsterdam built?	{ "text": [ "Manhattan Island" ], "answer_start": [ 71 ] }
56cedbb9aab44d1400b88b11	New_York_City	In 1625, construction was started on a citadel and a Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, later called New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam).	In what year did construction begin on Fort Amsterdam?	{ "text": [ "1625" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cedbb9aab44d1400b88b12	New_York_City	The Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Canarsie, a small band of the Lenape, in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders (about $1000 in 2006); a disproved legend says that Manhattan was purchased for $24 worth of glass beads.	What person bought Manhattan from the Canarsie for the Dutch?	{ "text": [ "Peter Minuit" ], "answer_start": [ 36 ] }
56cedbb9aab44d1400b88b13	New_York_City	The Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Canarsie, a small band of the Lenape, in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders (about $1000 in 2006); a disproved legend says that Manhattan was purchased for $24 worth of glass beads.	In what year did the Dutch buy Manhattan?	{ "text": [ "1626" ], "answer_start": [ 133 ] }
56cfb206234ae51400d9be8f	New_York_City	A permanent European presence in New Netherland began in 1624 – making New York the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States – with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island.	New Netherland established a permanent European presence in what year?	{ "text": [ "1624" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
56cfb206234ae51400d9be90	New_York_City	In 1625, construction was started on a citadel and a Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, later called New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam).	What year did building begin of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island?	{ "text": [ "1625" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cfb206234ae51400d9be91	New_York_City	The Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Canarsie, a small band of the Lenape, in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders (about $1000 in 2006); a disproved legend says that Manhattan was purchased for $24 worth of glass beads.	What was the myth that Manhattan was bought for by General Peter Minuit ?	{ "text": [ "glass beads" ], "answer_start": [ 258 ] }
56cedc10aab44d1400b88b19	New_York_City	The English promptly renamed the fledgling city "New York" after the Duke of York (later King James II).	What did the English call New Amsterdam after its capture?	{ "text": [ "New York" ], "answer_start": [ 49 ] }
56cedc10aab44d1400b88b1a	New_York_City	The English promptly renamed the fledgling city "New York" after the Duke of York (later King James II).	What was the regnal name of the Duke of York?	{ "text": [ "James II" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
56cedc10aab44d1400b88b1b	New_York_City	In 1664, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without bloodshed.	What person gave up New Amsterdam to the English?	{ "text": [ "Peter Stuyvesant" ], "answer_start": [ 9 ] }
56cedc10aab44d1400b88b1c	New_York_City	In 1664, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without bloodshed.	What was Peter Stuyvesant's title?	{ "text": [ "Director-General" ], "answer_start": [ 31 ] }
56cedc10aab44d1400b88b1d	New_York_City	In 1664, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without bloodshed.	In what year did the English take over New Amsterdam?	{ "text": [ "1664" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cfb240234ae51400d9be96	New_York_City	In 1664, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without bloodshed.	Who gave up New Amsterdam to the English without a fight in 1664?	{ "text": [ "Peter Stuyvesant" ], "answer_start": [ 9 ] }
56cedc8eaab44d1400b88b23	New_York_City	On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III.	What was the regnal name of the Prince of Orange?	{ "text": [ "William III" ], "answer_start": [ 164 ] }
56cedc8eaab44d1400b88b24	New_York_City	On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III.	What was the date of Anthonio Colve's capture of New York?	{ "text": [ "August 24, 1673" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cedc8eaab44d1400b88b25	New_York_City	On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III.	What did Colve call New York after he captured it?	{ "text": [ "New Orange" ], "answer_start": [ 116 ] }
56cedc8eaab44d1400b88b26	New_York_City	However, facing defeat from the British and French, who had teamed up to destroy Dutch trading routes, the Dutch returned the island to England in 1674.	In what year did the Dutch give New York back to the English?	{ "text": [ "1674" ], "answer_start": [ 147 ] }
56cfb43d234ae51400d9beab	New_York_City	On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III.	August 24, 1673 is when which Dutch officer took control of NYC?	{ "text": [ "Anthonio Colve" ], "answer_start": [ 34 ] }
56cfb43d234ae51400d9beac	New_York_City	On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III.	The Dutch gave back the island to which country in 1674 after their trade routes had been destroyed?	{ "text": [ "England" ], "answer_start": [ 87 ] }
56cfb43d234ae51400d9bead	New_York_City	On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III.	New York was called New Orange for a period based off which historical figure?	{ "text": [ "King William III" ], "answer_start": [ 159 ] }
56cedd1caab44d1400b88b41	New_York_City	At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English gained New Amsterdam (New York) in North America in exchange for Dutch control of Run, an Indonesian island.	After what war did the English receive New Amsterdam?	{ "text": [ "Second Anglo-Dutch War" ], "answer_start": [ 18 ] }
56cedd1caab44d1400b88b42	New_York_City	By 1700, the Lenape population had diminished to 200.	How many Lenape lived in the area in 1700?	{ "text": [ "200" ], "answer_start": [ 49 ] }
56cedd1caab44d1400b88b43	New_York_City	At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English gained New Amsterdam (New York) in North America in exchange for Dutch control of Run, an Indonesian island.	What was the name of the island the English traded to the Dutch in return for New Amsterdam?	{ "text": [ "Run" ], "answer_start": [ 136 ] }
56cfb502234ae51400d9beb1	New_York_City	By 1700, the Lenape population had diminished to 200.	In 1700, the Lenape Native American population had dwindled to how many?	{ "text": [ "200" ], "answer_start": [ 49 ] }
56cfb502234ae51400d9beb2	New_York_City	At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English gained New Amsterdam (New York) in North America in exchange for Dutch control of Run, an Indonesian island.	After which war did England gain New York in exchange for Run, an Indonesian island?	{ "text": [ "Second Anglo-Dutch War" ], "answer_start": [ 18 ] }
56ceddd9aab44d1400b88b5f	New_York_City	It also became a center of slavery, with 42% of households holding slaves by 1730, more than any other city other than Charleston, South Carolina.	In 1730, what percentage of New York households were slave-holding?	{ "text": [ "42%" ], "answer_start": [ 41 ] }
56ceddd9aab44d1400b88b60	New_York_City	It also became a center of slavery, with 42% of households holding slaves by 1730, more than any other city other than Charleston, South Carolina.	In 1730, what American city had the highest percentage of slaveholders?	{ "text": [ "Charleston, South Carolina" ], "answer_start": [ 119 ] }
56ceddd9aab44d1400b88b61	New_York_City	Discovery of the African Burying Ground in the 1990s, during construction of a new federal courthouse near Foley Square, revealed that tens of thousands of Africans had been buried in the area in the colonial years.	Near what square was the African Burial Ground unearthed?	{ "text": [ "Foley Square" ], "answer_start": [ 107 ] }
56ceddd9aab44d1400b88b62	New_York_City	Discovery of the African Burying Ground in the 1990s, during construction of a new federal courthouse near Foley Square, revealed that tens of thousands of Africans had been buried in the area in the colonial years.	What was being built that resulted in the discovery of the African Burial Ground?	{ "text": [ "courthouse" ], "answer_start": [ 91 ] }
56cfb5cb234ae51400d9beb6	New_York_City	It also became a center of slavery, with 42% of households holding slaves by 1730, more than any other city other than Charleston, South Carolina.	Which city in North America held the most slaves in the 1700s?	{ "text": [ "Charleston, South Carolina" ], "answer_start": [ 119 ] }
56cfb5cb234ae51400d9beb7	New_York_City	Discovery of the African Burying Ground in the 1990s, during construction of a new federal courthouse near Foley Square, revealed that tens of thousands of Africans had been buried in the area in the colonial years.	When was as African burial ground discovered after the building of new courthouse?	{ "text": [ "1990s" ], "answer_start": [ 47 ] }
56cede40aab44d1400b88b71	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	In what year was John Peter Zenger tried?	{ "text": [ "1735" ], "answer_start": [ 47 ] }
56cede40aab44d1400b88b72	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	On what island did Zenger's trial occur?	{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 13 ] }
56cede40aab44d1400b88b73	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	In what year was Columbia University chartered?	{ "text": [ "1754" ], "answer_start": [ 118 ] }
56cede40aab44d1400b88b74	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	Under what king did the founding of Columbia University occur?	{ "text": [ "George II" ], "answer_start": [ 178 ] }
56cede40aab44d1400b88b75	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	What was the original name of Columbia University?	{ "text": [ "King's College" ], "answer_start": [ 191 ] }
56cfb691234ae51400d9bec3	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	Which trial in Manhatten helped establish the right of freedom of the press?	{ "text": [ "John Peter Zenger" ], "answer_start": [ 26 ] }
56cfb691234ae51400d9bec4	New_York_City	The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan.	Columbia University of New York was founded in what year?	{ "text": [ "1754" ], "answer_start": [ 118 ] }
56cfb691234ae51400d9bec5	New_York_City	The Stamp Act Congress met in New York in October 1765 as the Sons of Liberty organized in the city, skirmishing over the next ten years with British troops stationed there.	The Stamp Act Congress had a meeting in 1765 in which US city?	{ "text": [ "New York" ], "answer_start": [ 30 ] }
56cedf11aab44d1400b88b93	New_York_City	The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn.	What was the biggest battle of the American Revolution?	{ "text": [ "Battle of Long Island" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cedf11aab44d1400b88b94	New_York_City	The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn.	In what borough did the Battle of Long Island occur?	{ "text": [ "Brooklyn" ], "answer_start": [ 149 ] }
56cedf11aab44d1400b88b95	New_York_City	The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn.	In what month and year was the Battle of Long Island fought?	{ "text": [ "August 1776" ], "answer_start": [ 95 ] }
56cedf11aab44d1400b88b96	New_York_City	As many as 10,000 escaped slaves crowded into the city during the British occupation.	About how many escaped slaves were in New York during the time the British occupied it?	{ "text": [ "10,000" ], "answer_start": [ 11 ] }
56cedf11aab44d1400b88b97	New_York_City	When the British forces evacuated at the close of the war in 1783, they transported 3,000 freedmen for resettlement in Nova Scotia.	In what year did the American Revolutionary War end?	{ "text": [ "1783" ], "answer_start": [ 61 ] }
56cfb897234ae51400d9bee3	New_York_City	The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn.	Which battle was the largest battle of the American Revolutionary war?	{ "text": [ "The Battle of Long Island" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56cfb897234ae51400d9bee4	New_York_City	The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn.	Which borough of New York was the Battle of Long Island fought?	{ "text": [ "Brooklyn" ], "answer_start": [ 149 ] }
56cfb897234ae51400d9bee6	New_York_City	When the British forces evacuated at the close of the war in 1783, they transported 3,000 freedmen for resettlement in Nova Scotia.	When did the English army start to retreat and evacuate NYC during the Battle of Long Island?	{ "text": [ "1783" ], "answer_start": [ 61 ] }
56cee30faab44d1400b88bf1	New_York_City	The only attempt at a peaceful solution to the war took place at the Conference House on Staten Island between American delegates, including Benjamin Franklin, and British general Lord Howe on September 11, 1776.	On what date did the peace conference on Staten Island occur?	{ "text": [ "September 11, 1776" ], "answer_start": [ 193 ] }
56cee30faab44d1400b88bf2	New_York_City	The only attempt at a peaceful solution to the war took place at the Conference House on Staten Island between American delegates, including Benjamin Franklin, and British general Lord Howe on September 11, 1776.	Who was the British representative at the Conference House meeting?	{ "text": [ "Lord Howe" ], "answer_start": [ 180 ] }
56cee30faab44d1400b88bf3	New_York_City	Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New York occurred, a large conflagration on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, which destroyed about a quarter of the buildings in the city, including Trinity Church.	What notable catastrophe took place under the British occupation?	{ "text": [ "Great Fire of New York" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
56cee30faab44d1400b88bf4	New_York_City	Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New York occurred, a large conflagration on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, which destroyed about a quarter of the buildings in the city, including Trinity Church.	In what modern-day borough did the Great Fire happen?	{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 129 ] }
56cee30faab44d1400b88bf5	New_York_City	Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New York occurred, a large conflagration on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, which destroyed about a quarter of the buildings in the city, including Trinity Church.	What noted religious building was destroyed in the Great Fire?	{ "text": [ "Trinity Church" ], "answer_start": [ 212 ] }
56cfb961234ae51400d9beff	New_York_City	The only attempt at a peaceful solution to the war took place at the Conference House on Staten Island between American delegates, including Benjamin Franklin, and British general Lord Howe on September 11, 1776.	Who was the English general who met with Benjamin Franklin on Septermber 11, 1776?	{ "text": [ "Lord Howe" ], "answer_start": [ 180 ] }
56cfb961234ae51400d9bf00	New_York_City	Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New York occurred, a large conflagration on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, which destroyed about a quarter of the buildings in the city, including Trinity Church.	Which natural disaster happened after English occupation of Lower Manhattan?	{ "text": [ "the Great Fire of New York" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
56cee398aab44d1400b88bfb	New_York_City	In 1785, the assembly of the Congress of the Confederation made New York the national capital shortly after the war.	In what year did New York become the United States capital?	{ "text": [ "1785" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cee398aab44d1400b88bfc	New_York_City	In 1789, the first President of the United States, George Washington, was inaugurated; the first United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States each assembled for the first time, and the United States Bill of Rights was drafted, all at Federal Hall on Wall Street.	Who was the United States' first President?	{ "text": [ "George Washington" ], "answer_start": [ 51 ] }
56cee398aab44d1400b88bfd	New_York_City	In 1789, the first President of the United States, George Washington, was inaugurated; the first United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States each assembled for the first time, and the United States Bill of Rights was drafted, all at Federal Hall on Wall Street.	In what building did the Supreme Court of the United States first sit?	{ "text": [ "Federal Hall" ], "answer_start": [ 255 ] }
56cee398aab44d1400b88bfe	New_York_City	In 1789, the first President of the United States, George Washington, was inaugurated; the first United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States each assembled for the first time, and the United States Bill of Rights was drafted, all at Federal Hall on Wall Street.	On what street did the writing of the Bill of Rights occur?	{ "text": [ "Wall Street" ], "answer_start": [ 271 ] }
56cee398aab44d1400b88bff	New_York_City	By 1790, New York had surpassed Philadelphia as the largest city in the United States.	What was the second largest city in the United States in 1790?	{ "text": [ "Philadelphia" ], "answer_start": [ 32 ] }
56cfbab4234ae51400d9bf19	New_York_City	In 1785, the assembly of the Congress of the Confederation made New York the national capital shortly after the war.	Which organization made New York the national capital in 1785?	{ "text": [ "Congress of the Confederation" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56cfbab4234ae51400d9bf1b	New_York_City	In 1785, the assembly of the Congress of the Confederation made New York the national capital shortly after the war.	New York City became the first what under the new Constitution of the United States?	{ "text": [ "capital" ], "answer_start": [ 86 ] }
56cfbab4234ae51400d9bf1c	New_York_City	In 1789, the first President of the United States, George Washington, was inaugurated; the first United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States each assembled for the first time, and the United States Bill of Rights was drafted, all at Federal Hall on Wall Street.	The first president, George Washington, took office in what year?	{ "text": [ "1789" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cfbab4234ae51400d9bf1d	New_York_City	By 1790, New York had surpassed Philadelphia as the largest city in the United States.	By which year, did New York City become the largest city in the United States?	{ "text": [ "1790" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cee43eaab44d1400b88c05	New_York_City	Under New York State's gradual abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were born to be eventually liberated but were held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties.	In what year did the state of New York pass a law to free the slaves?	{ "text": [ "1799" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
56cee43eaab44d1400b88c06	New_York_City	Together with slaves freed by their masters after the Revolutionary War and escaped slaves, a significant free-black population gradually developed in Manhattan.	What borough was home to a notable population of free African-Americans?	{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 151 ] }
56cee43eaab44d1400b88c07	New_York_City	Under such influential United States founders as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the New York Manumission Society worked for abolition and established the African Free School to educate black children.	Along with John Jay, who founded the New York Manumission Society?	{ "text": [ "Alexander Hamilton" ], "answer_start": [ 49 ] }
56cee43eaab44d1400b88c08	New_York_City	It was not until 1827 that slavery was completely abolished in the state, and free blacks struggled afterward with discrimination.	In what year did the state of New York eliminate slavery?	{ "text": [ "1827" ], "answer_start": [ 17 ] }
56cee43eaab44d1400b88c09	New_York_City	The city's black population reached more than 16,000 in 1840.	In 1840, about how many African-Americans lived in New York City?	{ "text": [ "16,000" ], "answer_start": [ 46 ] }
56cfbb5f234ae51400d9bf2b	New_York_City	Under New York State's gradual abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were born to be eventually liberated but were held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties.	The gradual abolition act in New York was formed in what year?	{ "text": [ "1799" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
56cfbb5f234ae51400d9bf2c	New_York_City	It was not until 1827 that slavery was completely abolished in the state, and free blacks struggled afterward with discrimination.	When was slavery completely outlawed in the state of New York?	{ "text": [ "1827" ], "answer_start": [ 17 ] }
56cee4d1aab44d1400b88c0f	New_York_City	The city adopted the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which expanded the city street grid to encompass all of Manhattan.	What plan of 1811 spread a grid of streets across Manhattan?	{ "text": [ "Commissioners' Plan" ], "answer_start": [ 21 ] }
56cee4d1aab44d1400b88c10	New_York_City	The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New York connected the Atlantic port to the agricultural markets and commodities of the North American interior via the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.	In what year did the Erie Canal finish building?	{ "text": [ "1825" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cee4d1aab44d1400b88c11	New_York_City	Local politics became dominated by Tammany Hall, a political machine supported by Irish and German immigrants.	What political machine controlled New York politics in this era?	{ "text": [ "Tammany Hall" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
56cee4d1aab44d1400b88c12	New_York_City	Local politics became dominated by Tammany Hall, a political machine supported by Irish and German immigrants.	Along with German immigrants, immigrants of what nationality supported Tammany Hall?	{ "text": [ "Irish" ], "answer_start": [ 82 ] }
56cfbc57234ae51400d9bf31	New_York_City	The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New York connected the Atlantic port to the agricultural markets and commodities of the North American interior via the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.	The Erie Canal was finished being built in what year?	{ "text": [ "1825" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cee50caab44d1400b88c17	New_York_City	Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the establishment of Central Park, which in 1857 became the first landscaped park in an American city.	What was the name of the first urban landscaped park in the United States?	{ "text": [ "Central Park" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
56cee50caab44d1400b88c18	New_York_City	Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the establishment of Central Park, which in 1857 became the first landscaped park in an American city.	In what year was Central Park founded?	{ "text": [ "1857" ], "answer_start": [ 116 ] }
56cfbc81234ae51400d9bf3b	New_York_City	Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the establishment of Central Park, which in 1857 became the first landscaped park in an American city.	Central park, in 1857, became the first park in America to become what?	{ "text": [ "first landscaped" ], "answer_start": [ 132 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c23	New_York_City	The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants.	What event brought many Irish immigrants to the United States?	{ "text": [ "Great Irish Famine" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c24	New_York_City	Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population.	In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?	{ "text": [ "200,000" ], "answer_start": [ 5 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c25	New_York_City	Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population.	In 1860, what fraction of the city population was composed of Irish immigrants?	{ "text": [ "a quarter" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c26	New_York_City	There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.	In 1860, what percentage of the city population was composed of German immigrants?	{ "text": [ "25%" ], "answer_start": [ 137 ] }
56cee5a1aab44d1400b88c27	New_York_City	There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.	What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?	{ "text": [ "revolutions" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
56cfbef5234ae51400d9bf41	New_York_City	The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants.	Which event brought upon a lot of Irish immigrants to NYC?	{ "text": [ "Great Irish Famine" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56cfbef5234ae51400d9bf42	New_York_City	Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population.	How many immigrants that were Irish were living in New York in 1860?	{ "text": [ "Over 200,000" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c31	New_York_City	In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on.	Who was the mayor of New York City in 1861?	{ "text": [ "Fernando Wood" ], "answer_start": [ 15 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c32	New_York_City	Anger at new military conscription laws during the American Civil War (1861–1865), which spared wealthier men who could afford to pay a $300 (equivalent to $5,766 in 2016) commutation fee to hire a substitute, led to the Draft Riots of 1863, whose most visible participants were ethnic Irish working class.	What was the commutation fee to avoid being conscripted during the American Civil War?	{ "text": [ "$300" ], "answer_start": [ 136 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c33	New_York_City	Anger at new military conscription laws during the American Civil War (1861–1865), which spared wealthier men who could afford to pay a $300 (equivalent to $5,766 in 2016) commutation fee to hire a substitute, led to the Draft Riots of 1863, whose most visible participants were ethnic Irish working class.	People of what ethnicity most visibly participated in the Draft Riots of 1863?	{ "text": [ "Irish" ], "answer_start": [ 286 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c34	New_York_City	According to historian James M. McPherson (2001), at least 120 people were killed.	About how many people died during the Draft Riots of 1863?	{ "text": [ "120" ], "answer_start": [ 59 ] }
56cee638aab44d1400b88c35	New_York_City	In all, eleven black men were lynched over five days, and the riots forced hundreds of blacks to flee the city for Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as well as New Jersey; the black population in Manhattan fell below 10,000 by 1865, which it had last been in 1820.	What was the approximate African-American population of New York City in 1865?	{ "text": [ "10,000" ], "answer_start": [ 207 ] }
56cfcf61234ae51400d9bf5c	New_York_City	Rioters burned the Colored Orphan Asylum to the ground, but more than 200 children escaped harm due to efforts of the New York City Police Department, which was mainly made up of Irish immigrants.	The Draft Riots caused which building to burn down in 1863?	{ "text": [ "Colored Orphan Asylum" ], "answer_start": [ 19 ] }
56cee6a3aab44d1400b88c3b	New_York_City	In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens.	In what year was the modern City of New York founded?	{ "text": [ "1898" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cee6a3aab44d1400b88c3c	New_York_City	The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private systems, helped bind the new city together.	In what year did the subway begin operation?	{ "text": [ "1904" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56cee6a3aab44d1400b88c3d	New_York_City	In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens.	Portions of what modern-day borough were included in the County of New York?	{ "text": [ "the Bronx" ], "answer_start": [ 166 ] }
56cfcffa234ae51400d9bf5f	New_York_City	The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private systems, helped bind the new city together.	The subway of New York was first available in what year?	{ "text": [ "1904" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }

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