The major attraction to New York was the natural harbor and the access to the Hudson River. Plus, the farm land was good in the area, so the combination of the two made NY a good place to have a colony.
the British King gave it to his cousin the Duke of York, the majority of the people came from england
New york!
The Dutch were the first settlers of New York City and they called it New Amsterdam,, after the capital city of Holland. The colony was conquered by the British in 1664 without a shot being fired; the appearance of the British ships in the harbor was enough to convince the colonists they had no chance. It was re-named New York in honor of James, Duke of York, son of the British king, who had organized the expedition to capture New Amsterdam for the British,
the settlers in the colony of new york was offered water front houses of land and money for every settler that you bring with you to the colony.the duke of york sent out fliers to all the europeans in the country.stating that if u take this voyage you will get this and that.that is what influenced settlers to come to new york
new England colony.
That colony would be New York.
New England
The New York Colony began as the Dutch trading outpost of New Netherlands. The Dutch founded the colony in 1614. Later the British took over this area and renamed it New York in 1664.
NY presumably is New York. York is the country-town of the county of Yorkshire in England. New York was named after York. New York was one of the British colonies in what we now call the United States.
Residents voted to change the name to honor the Prince of York.
It was a southern colony.
Its an England colony because middle colonies were New York, Pennsilvania, New Jersey and Deliware.