This flashcard set includes a list of Dutch colonies in Asia. The Netherlands' presence in Asia was mostly focused on the spice trade. Today, you can easily buy any spice you want in your local grocery store, but centuries ago, spices like nutmeg, cloves and cardamom were rare and extremel...
He was instrumental in uniting the colonies and was the first United States Ambassador to France. He was a successful newspaper editor and author of Poor Richard's Almanack. Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Dig Deeper 19 Unusual Facts About Benjamin Franklin, A Genius, A Founding Father, ...
DutchWonderkompas[?]Wonder Compass FrenchBoussole du Temps[?]Compass of Time GermanWunderkompass[?]Wonder Compass ItalianBussola delle Stagioni[?]Compass of Seasons Korean기적의 나침반[?] Gijeog-ui NachimbanMiracle Compass SpanishBrújula Milagrosa[?]Miraculous Compass ...
In "Lithuania's Out-Sourcing Part 3 (The Great Depression)", France is seen asking an unidentified nation, who was one his colonies at the time, for money after the start of the Great Depression. It is unclear whether the nation in question is from Africa, but it is likely given that...
Dutch Toorntoren[?] Anger Tower French Tour Hardrock[?] Hardrock Tower; possibly a reference to the Hard Rock Cafe of London German Zornesturm[?] Wrath Tower Italian Torre delle Sette Canzoni[?] Tower of Seven Songs Korean 헤이트송 타워[?]Heiteusong Tawo Hatesong Tower ...
He proved that glacial acetic acid and vinegar acetic acid were the same substance.He was secretary to the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, Jean Dalbarade. He was commissioner to Saint-Domingue. He later became French ambassador to the United States, He sent Georges-Henri-Victor C...
taxation without representation. These tensions culminated in the American Revolution (1775-1783). The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, articulated the colonies’ desire for self-governance. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris (1783), recognizing the United States’ ...
United States state New York is one of the original Thirteen Colonies, the first thirteen states to form part of the United States. On its northern and western borders, New York is bordered by Lake Ontario, while its eastern border is bordered by New Jersey, while Pennsylvania borders its we...
1493975030 TATSAKIS, SANDRA Spanish master drawings from Dutch Public Collections (1500 - 1900) EUR 17.281493973154 CAROLYN G. HEILBRUN Reinventing Womanhood EUR 3.991493974966 MOERBEEK, TOINE Paard en beest EUR 8.961487500631 LE ROUX DE LINCY, ANTOINE J. V.: Recherches sur Jean Grolier. Sur sa...
During the Inquisition in Portugal and Spain around 1500, many Jews fled to Holland and the Dutch colonies to escape torture and condemnation to the stake. [source] Suriname, the self-proclaimed ‘beating heart of the Amazon,’ is just that: a warm, dense convergence of rivers that thumps ...