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    until a winner was determined, this form of battle was replaced in Europe during the 16th and 17th century. The change in military strategy took place mostly in Europe, and the countries at the forefront of this were the Swedish empire and the Netherlands. The Swedes and Dutch changed many military strategies and practices which were in place for thousands of years and changed the standard for militaries. They helped to show the first realistic application of David versus Goliath, using smart tactics

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    his life growing up in the Netherlands East indies. Minke is a brilliant student who is a descendant of Javanese royalty and have a very good critical eye when it comes to the dangers of the world. He is the first Javanese boy to attend an elite Dutch Colonial High School. Minke’s life is going to change once he is invited to live with an atypical family. The mother of this family is a native concubine by the name of Nyai Ontosoroh, she has two half- European children, Robert and Annelies who Minke

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    The Dutch colonization of Latin America is nothing less than a phenomenon. Against all odds the Dutch empire rose to colonial prominence in the latter sixteenth century and early seventeenth century throughout much of Asia, South America and the Caribbean. Coming into their success from a vast trading network the Dutch had to navigate the murky waters of the countries within the triangle alliance, consisting of France, England and, Spain. Ultimately, these three countries with their enormous militaries

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    Indonesian national revolution or Indonesian war of independence, was a diplomatic struggle and war between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire. The Revolution started between Indonesia’s proclamation of independence in 1945 and the Dutch recognition of Indonesia’s independence on December 1949. The Dutch had gain control of Indonesia for more than 300 years. The kind of influence the Dutch had gave us can still be seen today, because Indonesia was a subject to imperial rule or influence and is still struggling

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    During the European conquests of the 16th and 17th centuries, the concept of an advanced civilization was essential most of the time. This can be supported by the strategic Spanish conquests, Portuguese exploration, and the Dutch trading empire. To begin with, North and South America, which had existed in isolation for thousands of years, came into contact with the rest of the world via the Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus. In 1492, he was sent by Spain to look for a route to India

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    Within 1650 to 1713 the Dutch Republic underwent a formidable transformation, which changed its status as a major influence in Europe. The Dutch Republic was a political union of seven provinces that was not only an impressive banking and commercial capital, but the Dutch also had a great navy as well. Additionally, the center of flourishment in the Dutch Republic was Amsterdam, which was the foremost trading and banking center in all of Europe. The changing environment of the late seventeenth and

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    India in order to civilise the culture, I do not believe that their motives were that selfless, the civilising influence seems to have simply been a by-product of the fact that the Britains came. India became the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. I think that if America had not achieved independence then the spotlight would not have been switched to India at all as brightly and so the jewel in the crown would have

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    spread religion. The four most powerful and prominent empires that colonized the Americas were the Spanish, British, Dutch, and French. The British colonies attracted far more immigrants than the others because the British colonies were allowed freedom of religion as compared to the strictly Catholic French, the Spanish poor relations with the native population, and the Dutch colony quickly eroded because of poor government. The Dutch colony found in present day New York failed and was easily

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    Dutch Impacts Body Paragraphs: Dutch supremacy on Indonesia allowed an advanced interconnection in which societal structures and values were changed in positive and negative forms, impacting the indigenous people of Indonesia. The Dutch colonial reign allowed for unity among the natives and created a new “basic unit of administration in the Javanese countryside…tied the peasantry far more closely to the land then it had been in early colonial times” (Cribb, Robert). As the Indonesian laborers and

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    The Dutch Empire’s first influence on Indonesia is on their thoughts both intellectually and horridly. According to a documentary by Kate Humble, the VOC, a Dutch owned trading organization, took a lot of the Banda Islands’, a group of islands located in the eastern side of Indonesia, land, valuables, and hope when they settled there. They murdered their chiefs and turned their land into VOC buildings. This lead them to have horrific thoughts. Humble mentioned that even mentioning VOC to the people

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