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The Netherlands
The Netherlands were under Spanish rule.
The New Netherlands colony was granted self-government. New Amsterdam then became the first European-style charter city in the thirteen colonies.
Germany and belgium are the only countries that border the Netherlands.
Rotterdam is a large seaport in the Netherlands.
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The European Kingdom of the Netherlands was Suriname's colonial ruler.Specifically, Suriname is located in northern South America whereas the Netherlands is a northern European country. But the Dutch had an interest in participating in the European scramble for trading colonies in Africa, the Americas and Asia. They therefore colonized key parts of the Americas, where they ended up trading their New Amsterdam colony in modern-day New York for the English colony in Suriname.
it used to be a colony controlled by the Netherlands
The Netherlands had one African colony, Cape Colony (1652-1806).
The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal all had colonies in Africa. The Netherlands also at one time had colonies. The United States is also credited with having a colony, Liberia, though technically it was not an actual colony, just administered by the US.
New York was originally part of the New Netherlands colony.
It was a Dutch colony in North America.