[[File:NLin1900.png|thumb|The Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1900.]]
By the 20th century, the DutchNetherlands was still struggling tohad riserissen 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 modernizemodernise its military and navy. DespiteIt this,was they were stillthus able to holdrebuilt onitself tointo numerousone territoriesof aroundthe primary powers of the world.
