Yes I do know that Britain ruled the 13 colonies for about 70 years and had a presence on the continent . Most Americans of European origin are German or Irish. Why not german or Gaelic as the national/official language. France ruled Quebec for about 170 years( almost as long as the British were on the continent) and in Quebec French is still widely used despite being part of canada/British territory for the past 300 years.
For a few reasons;
The majority of early settlers were just English speaking British citizens to begin with, and other minority groups came in some time after they had established themselves as a colony.
Irish settlers were the first to make a large minority group, because of the UK, but they largely spoke English as well as Gaelic anyway. Gaelic was suppressed by the British, and therefore also by the colony.
German was a widely used language in the early days of the USA, and has had a lasting effect to this day, with Pennsylvanian German and still some towns where it is spoken and has signs written in German. During WW2 this was also suppressed by the Americans.
Pretty much every language has a history like this... And any language that wasn't suppressed or discouraged from being used was just not as common as speaking English.