Initially, half of Connecticut was a part of the Dutch colony, New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers.

Initially, the Company struggled in the spice trade due to the competition from the already well established Dutch East India Company.

Initially, most of the other powers were willing to accept Anjou's reign as Philip V, but Louis's arrogance and blunders soon made the English, the Dutch, and other powers join the Austrians in a coalition against France.

Initially the British considered the Dutch allies in their attempt to stamp out the rebellion in their American colonies.

Initially the stadtholder managed to prevent this, but strong diplomatic pressure by France, that selectively applied economic sanctions to Dutch cities supporting the stadtholder in this policy, forced his hand in November, 1779.

Initially, the Fairy Tale Forest was home to some ten different fairy tales, all of them brought to life using original drawings by Anton Pieck alongside ingenious movements and lighting and sound effects designed by the Dutch film maker Peter Reijnders.

Initially the town had no official name, being known only as the town on the Bay of Horses ( Paardenbaai in Dutch )-a fitting designation for the place from which many native-bred and raised horses left for neighboring Curaçao.

Initially, it consisted largely of the descendants of Dutch or English settlers, the " Knickerbocker " merchant class who had built New York City from the time it was a Dutch colony through the British colonial period and the American Revolution.

Initially signing to a Dutch record company, SI Records, then forming their own label, Synergy Records, the band have established themselves within the world of progressive rock, though their style may also extend into album-oriented rock, melodic rock, hard rock and even a slightly jazz edge.

Initially, ownership shares in the Consortium proposed to be divided along the following lines: 40 % to be divided equally ( 8 % each ) among the five major American companies ; British Petroleum to have a 40 % share ; Royal Dutch / Shell to have 14 %; and CFP, a French Company, to receive 6 %.

Initially, the Belgian Prime Minister Leterme welcomed the Dutch ( and Luxembourg ) take-over as good news for customers, shareholders and personnel, saying that this provided a solid foundation for the future.

This wealth in gold attracted European traders. Initially the Europeans were Portuguese but, eventually the Dutch and British joined in the quest for Akan gold.

Initially, the university was housed in temporary locations, such as the local Circuit House and Bara Kuthi, an 18th-century Dutch establishment.

Initially customers were mainly Dutch citizens who did not have cable access.

Initially, both King and Parliament attempted to make use of the existing Militia or Trained bands, but except for the London Trained Bands which Parliament could usually count upon as an important trained reserve, these pre-existing organisations were superseded by regiments raised and organised on the pattern of the Dutch or Swedish military system as used in the Thirty Years War on the Continent.

Initially, they wrestled as The Freedom Fighters ( Hellwig was known as Justice and Borden was called Flash ) in Memphis ' Continental Wrestling Association under manager Dutch Mantel.

Initially the Dutch railways did not plan a station on this spot.

Initially shunned by the media for their extreme-sounding music and texts and appreciated only in the Dutch underground scene, they achieved commercial success and exerted great influence on the Dutch hip hop scene.

Initially President Sukarno and Vice-president Hatta opposed the agreement, but after hearing reports of shortages of ammunition and worried that Dutch would attack again if the agreement not signed, they agreed.

Initially, the favourite among Red Tories was Flora MacDonald ; however she did worse than expected while Clark placed a surprising third in a field of eleven on the first ballot of convention delegates, behind only Claude Wagner and Brian Mulroney.

Initially, the crossing was not used as much as expected, probably because of the high tolls.

Initially, St. Jerome's and Waterloo Lutheran were both expected to federate with the new UW, but in the end Waterloo Lutheran chose to remain independent.

Initially, Truman named the Secretary of State as the ranking member of the Council in his absence and expected the Department of State to play the major role in formulating policy recommendations.

Initially his hiatus was expected to be for a year, but in 1986 the remaining members of the band issued a statement saying that he would not be returning.

Initially, modified medical diathermy sets transmitted interference, but later, on nights where raids were expected, local radio transmitters broadcast a surplus " dot signal " at low power.

Initially expected by Malcolm Wilson to maintain a somewhat lower profile, Solberg actually became a nominated points-scorer for Ford on, of all events, the gruelling test that was the Safari Rally in early 1999, after usual understudy to the team's star driver Colin McRae, Thomas Rådström, suffered an injury and was subsequently ruled out from taking part.

Initially, he favored negotiating directly with Philip, who he thought could be expected to be lenient, and opposed having Athens join a congress of Greek states and be forced to accept Macedonia's common terms of peace, which were not yet known.

Initially he gained the upper hand and activated the machine after using Professor X's power to understand how the machine worked, but his powers were removed by Ronald Rankin's device, as Professor X had expected.

Initially, it was expected to be lead poisoning due to the lead mining upstream.

Initially planned to replace Mustang, Ford executives also expected the Probe to achieve success in the market.

Initially, completion of the new tower was expected in August 2008, but construction works were severely delayed.

Initially, the cut was expected for release in mid 2007, but Square announced at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show that they would postpone the product until 2008.

Initially, it sought to obtain arms as well as increase its ranks from British Indian soldiers expected to defect to patriotic cause.

Initially, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a warlord that led the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan and then became a member of the Afghan National Army in Karzai's first interim government, was expected to be Karzai's main challenger, but it soon became clear that his popularity was limited.

Initially, they were expected to produce much of their own food, cook their own meals, though this was impractical and was phased out during the later years of the program.

Initially expected to remain north of the peninsula, hurricane warnings were issued just over a day prior to landfall, with no watch preceding Isidore's passage.

Initially the factory had plans to produce 25 cars, but demand wasn't as strong as expected and production ceased at the 20th unit.

Initially the governing coalition expected the unearned wage increases and the consequent increase in government spending to be corrected once the ' structural changes ' like nationalisation and agrarian reforms were completed.

Initially the dopamine cells increased firing rates when the monkey received juice, indicating a difference in expected and actual rewards.

Initially the hurricane was expected to strike Jamaica, prompting hurricane warnings for the country, as well as along the southern coast of Hispaniola.

Initially, Lincoln expected to bring about the eventual extinction of slavery by stopping its further expansion into any U. S. territory, and by proposing compensated emancipation ( an offer Congress applied to Washington, D. C ) in his early presidency.

Initially, Rooster Teeth expected the series to consist of only six to eight episodes.