New York was founded by the dutch and was called New Amsterdam before England reclaimed the land and the name stuck. Not technically one of the first english colonies, but it has ties.
As a New Yorker, I know for a fact that New York is not apart of New England. First of All, It is Larger than all of them. Second of all it is South of them. The Upper Atlantic states are considered to be a part of New England, The Middle Atlantic states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland), are below New England. Therefore, New York is not a part of New England. Also we don't classify ourselves to be New Englanders.
No, it's not. New England was named as such in the 1620s, at a time when New York was still part of the Dutch colony New Netherland. The English didn't get their paws on it until the late 1660s.
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1. I've looked at maps of this millions of times, so i got it with 1:30 seconds left
2. Please stop saying New York is New England, because us New Yorkers don't consider ourselves New England