1. Middle Colonies By Erik Ziegler

3. With an advantageous position at the mouth of the Rhine River, the economy boomed and even accepted religious refugees

4. To protect an important trade route, they established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope, the future Capetown

6. Recognizing the fort needed economic and financial support, the Dutch West India Company established New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island

7. The fort then became a fur-trading post and the settlement a large agricultural development

8. In contrast to the French, Spanish, and English, the Dutch made no missionary efforts

10. In a 1667 peace treaty, the Dutch gave New Netherlands to the English

12. New Jersey being one of these payoffs, was small and poor because of its wealthier neighbors New York and Pennsylvania

13. The colony was later separated into two different colonies

14. And yet again the colony was put back together into one whole colony