Evolution of the Dutch Empire

rdf:langString Evolution of the Dutch Empire

rdf:langString The Dutch Empire is a term comprising different territories that were controlled by the Netherlands from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. They settled outside Europe, they had skills in trade and transport. In the late sixteenth century, the Netherlands took back their lead at sea, and by the second half of the seventeenth century their cultural and economy rose to dominate the sea. This hundred-year period is called the Dutch Golden Age. The Dutch built their empire with corporate colonialism by conducting the East India and the West India companies, following the British Empire's footsteps, which led to war between both empires. All Dutch sailors and merchants were part of the voyages that explored around the world. After the French Revolutionary Wars, the Netherlands lost most of its power to the British after the French armies invaded the Netherlands and parts of the Dutch colonies. So, the Dutch leaders had to defend their colonies and homeland. (Between 1795 and 1814 the French restored the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia and Suriname which remained under Dutch control.)