It's funny isn't it.. most of the Americans don't even know their own history. They're telling other nationalities that the US is theirs while they took it from the American Indians in the first place. besides that. New York was once a Dutch colony, if we didn't trade it with the English for Suriname, everyone would have spoke Dutch. never wondered where most of area names come from? for instance harlem? [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]