actually i was being serious, most of the original colonies were English
The Thirteen Colonies which formed the United States:
* Connecticut Colony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony
* Delaware Colony
* Province of Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Georgia
* Province of Maryland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Maryland
* Province of Massachusetts Bay (including present-day Maine)
* Province of New Hampshire (permanently separated from Massachusetts Bay in 1691)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire
* Province of New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_York
* Province of New Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey
* Province of North Carolina
* Province of Pennsylvania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania
* Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
* Province of South Carolina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina
* Colony and Dominion of Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_...on_of_Virginia