New Netherlands

The Dutch colony of the New Netherlands at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

The Dutch make more effort to settle the area and later defend it against the English, possibly along with a slightly weaker English presence in eastern North America. As the New Netherlands expands, it makes it harder for the English/British to attack New France from the south, helping it to survive as well. This makes the New England colonists more loyal to the British crown than due to being surrounded by foreign colonies. This isn't so much the case in the southern British colonies though, which successfully rebel and form the United Provinces of America, which although independent, still retain ties with Britain.