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...
Of Dutch ancestry, she first became known to Australian audiences for her roles in the TV series Love My Way and East West 101. In 2008, she starred in the Australian neo-noir thriller The Square. Internationally, she is best known for her appearance as Stella Karamanlis in the HBO ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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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’ ...
Dutch UI Polder +1 Food +1 Food for every adjacent Polder +1 Production +0.5 Housing +4 Gold (with Civil Engineering) +2 Food for every adjacent Polder (with Replaceable Parts) +1 Production for every adjacent Polder (with Replaceable Parts) Increases Movement cost of tile to 3. Any 6 ...
as Guyana, but by the early 17th century the majority of the settlements were Dutch. During the Napoleonic wars Britain took over the Dutch colonies of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo, which became British Guiana in 1831. [source] UNDP in Guyana has a new photo gallery which allows us to...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded on 7 October, 1919 to serve the Netherlands and its colonies. It is today the oldest airline still operating under its original name. It has been part of the AIR FRANCE KLM group since the merger in 2004. Its headquartered in Amstelveen....