The name your looking for would be the "Nordic" countries. "Norden" simply means "the North," and these are countries in the northernmost section of the European continent and adjacent islands.
The languages of most Nordic countries have their roots in Old Norse, a north Germanic language spoken in those regions around the 9th to 13th centuries. So today we have Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and other Nordic languages. Finnish (spoken in Finland) is actually a language that has roots from elsewhere, from the Uralic family of languages.
Answer: Lee Chew was a Chinese immigrant that gave a quote to a magazine in 1903. According to the quote, he couldn't speak any English at the beginning of his job, and found work with a husband and wife. He was paid good money in those times and could save most of the money. In total, he was paid 3.50$ weekly and saved 3.00$ per week.
He stated that the woman of the house taught him to sew, do laundry, cook, clean, polish the silverware, make beds, and many other household chores. She would show him how to do everything and then would oversee him until he learned to the jobs by himself. he also learned to speak English during his time with the family.
He worked for 2 years as a servant to the family and was ready at the end to start his own business. He learned to keep money, learned to do many new things, and had his English down pat, at that time, he was ready to start his business.
Almost all of the first English settlements in North America failed--with their populations dying either from hunger, disease, of Native hostilities. The first successful settlement was Jamestown.
