They battled the Dutch, who owned New York (then named New Netherlands) and they won because Britain then had the most powerful army in the world.
Great Britain is larger than New York State. New York state' population is 19,796,000. Great Britain's population is 60,800,000. New York's total area is 54,555 square miles. Great Britain's total area is 80, 823 square miles.
New York was named after the Duke of York in Britain after the British took New Amsterdam (later named New York) from the dutch.
Egypt owned it for a short time, and then Britain took control of it.
It's 4 AM in New York. Great Britain is 5 hours ahead of New York. Great Britain is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and New York is on Eastern Time (EST or EDT for Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Time).
New York
3444 miles from Central Park in New York to Big Ben in London
London is 3467 miles from New York.
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um... New York. And then back to Britain on the return leg.
The name of "New York" was established by Great Britain after they forced the Dutch to leave in 1664. Previously the sole occupants of what is now New York City and the US State of New York were Native American tribes.
Yes there is a old York, well it is just called York and its in England in the county of Yorkshire (a county is Britain's version of a state, sort of but with less autonomy).
Albany, new york