Age of Exploration?

Question

What parts of the USA did the:

1.) Dutch
2.) English
3.) Spanish
4.) French

colonize?

Also, specific cities would be great. :)

Answer 1

Dutch - around New York, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

English - atlantic coast, from Maine to Georgia

Spanish - most of South and Central America, Mexico, parts of the Caribbean and much of the United States (New Spain: Mexico, Texas, California, and New Mexico. Spanish Florida:Florida, parts of and Mississippi. What used to be Louisiana:comprised of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Idaho)

French - Mississippi River Valley, along the Gulf coast in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana

Answer 2

Dutch - New York until they were driven out by the Brits, and the Carribean
English - N. America, and the Carribean
Spanish - Carribean , Central and South America
French - Carribean, Canada and Central North America which it later lost to Britain.

Answer 3

The Spanish were also the first to colonize Florida. St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest European city in the United States.