1788
Yes "New York" did become a Royal Colony in 1702.
Before we bought New York (once called New Amsterdam), it was a Dutch colony.
1664
New York
New York
New Amsterdam.
New york became a Royal State in the 1685.
The state of New York.
The British bought and gave it to the Duke of York that's all I know. Also, New York City was called New Amsterdam.
1676
West Virginia was never one of the original thirteen colonies. (However, the land that is what is now West Virginia was going to become a colony known as Vandalia. Then the Revolutionary War took place before the colony could become official.)