The wind from the ocean keeps it cooler in summers. This is just a guess, but I think the sun reflecting on the ocean helps keep it warmer in the winter.
Early settlers came from Britain because of religious prosecution. They went to America because it was uninhabited land, besides the natives. Also there was good natural resources and opportunities like agriculture in the south, wheat farming in the middle colonies, and lumber, furs, and trading ports in the northern colonies.
Its of course vatican city also by area and population
To stop any ofter wars form happening in Europe.