<P> The term "Yankee" and its contracted form "Yank" have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States; its various senses depend on the context . Outside the United States, "Yank" is used informally to refer to any American, including Southerners . Within Southern American areas, "Yankee" is a derisive term which refers to all Northerners, or specifically to those from the region of New England . According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England, or, more widely, of the northern States generally;" during the American Civil War, it was "applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army ." </P> <P> Elsewhere in the United States, it largely refers to people from the Northeastern states, but especially those with New England cultural ties, such as descendants of colonial New England settlers, wherever they live . Its sense is sometimes more cultural than geographical, emphasizing the Calvinist Puritan Christian beliefs and traditions of the Congregationalists who brought their culture when they settled outside New England . The speech dialect of Eastern New England English is called "Yankee" or "Yankee dialect". The informal British and Irish "Yank" refers to Americans in general . It is especially popular among Britons and Australians and sometimes carries pejorative overtones . </P>

A yankee would be found in which region of the british north american colonies
find me the text answering this question