History of the Netherlands: Difference between revisions

The birth of the republic gave way to a flourishing period of trade, science, art, and military, known as the Dutch Golden Age. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC) not only obtained a monopoly on the spice trade, their ships also controlled the world's seas, and often resulted in the tensions with the English.

 

 

====Colony of New Netherland (1624-1796)====

Eventually, revolutionary France was defeated in 1814. The low countries was restored to Dutch hands in the same year, but this time under a monarchy: the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the House of Orange as the ruling family.

 

Under the Kingdom of the Netherlands, several reforms had been enacted. Most notably was the reorganizing of the companies. The Dutch West and East Indie Company was split into multiple smaller companies, to encourage competition and innovation among them. Most notable were the Royal Tussenland Company (operating in [https://wiki.rosestulipsandliberty.com/wiki/Tussenland Tussenland], the Dutch Gold Coast Company, etc.)

====Wars of Humiliation (1850-1857)====

== 1873 to 1939 ==

By the 20th century, the Netherlands had rissen out of the ashes of the 2nd Dutch-Spanish War (1850-1855) and the Canton War (1850-1855), fought primarily in North America and in Asia. The war caused a massive loss of Dutch territory and prestige. Although in the 1870s, the Dutch economy started to recover. In the next thirty years, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was gradually able to rebuild itself and modernise its military and navy. It was thus able to rebuilt itself into one of the primary powers of the world.

 

====The Dutch-Mexican War (1901-1903)====