They were highly successful in part because much of the hard work had already been done by the Dutch, most of which stayed to carry on the work.
In and around New York City.
New York was not the first colony. Roanoke was, but it failed so Jamestown would have to be the first successful English colony.
New York City
New York was an English colony because the English conquered New York from the Dutch, and after ceding to the English in the Treaty of Westminster, in 1674.
New York and Nuova York are Italian equivalents of the English name "New York." The respectives pronunciations in Italian will be "noo york" for the English loan name and "NWO-va york" for the mixed Italian/English proper name.
Yoko Ono likely learned English as a child. Her family moved between America and Japan a lot throughout her childhood, finally settling in Scarsdale, New York where she enrolled in Sarah Lawrence College.
The Colony of New York was founded in 1664. New York and New Jersey became English colonies because the English wanted worship their religion.
The colony of New York was settled first by the Dutch and then by the English. The main religion of both the Dutch and English was Protestantism. New York was one of the Middle colonies.
The language New York speaks is: English.
"You live in New York"
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Because they are taught to win.