American immigrants went north.

The northern part of the United States was originally French. Later, because of the Seven-Year War, the French lost their colonies in North America. The central and southern parts of the United States are the earliest Spanish and Portuguese. They went north from Latin America, and later Elizabeth I defeated Spain and Portugal, and the North American colony became a British colony. Now new york is the earliest Dutch colony. His name was New Amsterdam, and he was later defeated by the British and became new york, which is still in use today.