The correct answer is the United Provinces of the Netherlands (Holland). They founded the first Settlement of what would become the city of New York in 1625. In 1664 the colony was captured by the British Empire. The city was incorporated officially into the British possessions in North America in 1665.
Southern colonies were founded mostly for "economic reasons" since the South was a prime place for agriculture, and was the primary source of the many cash crops that made America thrive for so long, such as cotton and tobacco.
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