The 40 Thieves — likely named after Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — was the first organized street gang in New York's history. Ali Baba ( Arabic, Persian: علي بابا is a Fictional character based in Ancient Arabia. Gangsters redirects here For the computer game see Gangsters (video game. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Primarily consisting of Irish immigrants, they terrorized the Five Points intersection in New York City, New York. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term Five Points (or The Five Points) was a notorious Slum centered on the intersection of Anthony (now Worth Orange (now Baxter Mulberry (still the same name Cross The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

Originally based in New York's Lower East Side, the Forty Thieves were formed in the early 1820s by Edward Coleman. The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Initially it was formed to rebel against their low social status but the members soon turned to crime to relieve their frustration. This gang emerged due to prejudice and class distinction. Such social conditions were evident in the Five Points area of New York in the 1820s. Canal Street, the Bowery, Broadway, and Mulberry Street bordered this area, which was a slum predominately infested with mosquitoes and diseases. Meeting at a Centre Street grocery store owned by Rosanna Peers, members would be given assignments and issued strict quotas on the gang's share of illegal activities. Centre Street runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The quota system proved a great motivator among veterans competing against younger members seeking to take older members' positions. However, in the long term the gang was unable to maintain discipline among its members in early New York, and by 1850 the gang had dissolved with its members joining larger gangs or leaving on their own. From the violence to the high crime rates, Five Points desperately lacked the aid of government support. The Forty Thieves saw this as an economic opportunity, as they established Tammany Hall. This corrupt bureaucracy provided community services in exchange for money and support from its residents to fund their corrupt agendas. The juvenile Little Forty Thieves, an apprentice gang of the original Forty Thieves, would outlast their mentors, continuing to commit illegal activities throughout the 1850s before eventually joining the later street gangs following the American Civil War in 1865. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South