The dutch established the colony of new netherland in the early 1600s. the dutch controlled areas that are now part of new york, new jersey, delaware, and connecticut. when the colony was started, the dutch hoped to earn large profits from which of the following economic activities?
a.
the slave trade
b.
gold mining
c.
tobacco farming
d.
the fur trade

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

chemicals that are toxic to plants