One reason for this was the power of merchants. Since trade was main bussiness in new amsetrdam weathly merchant had a strong voice city life that wanted self government
the dutch government are you. you make the decisions and if you get enough people with you to support your idea you can make it happen. in addition the government in other places are different you are not the government in other places however, you are the dutch government. so make your own rules and get it supported.
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The Dutch royal family and government fled to London and formed an Allied government in exile. In other words, they carried on, though Dutch forces in the Netherlands had to surrender.
The Dutch was different from other European colonizing nations because they were mostly interested in making money. They had little interest in teaching others their language or religion.
The Dutch was different from other European colonizing nations because they were mostly interested in making money. They had little interest in teaching others their language or religion.
It had been taken from the Dutch.
it was different because it had it's own system of government
it was different because it had it's own system of government
They WORKED on their homework instead of cheating and you did NOT!
Very little, much like most other European monarchies the dutch queen and king are only really seen making public appearances and signing documents, besides this it is the government that actually directly affect the daily lives of dutch citizens.
The Dutch reformed are different than other Christian churches because of their history in the Netherlands. After the Reformation it was not uncommon for each country to have its own form of protestantism. The French reformed, or Huguenots, the German Reformed and Lutherans, the Scottish Presbyterian, and the English Puritans. The Dutch reformed is unique not only from being from the Netherlands, but also because of Dutch Reformed Churches all hold to 3 creeds, called the Three Forms of Unity, that are unique from other denominational creeds. These creeds are the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Cannons of Dort. These creeds were all adopted in 1618 and 1619 and have been used in all Dutch reformed churches since. In addition Dutch churches are governed by some form of a Church Order which regulates the government of the churches. This church order specifies the convening of churches together in larger bodies called classis, and the convening of classis together in a synod.
Dutch is mainly spoken in the Netherlands and countries that previously belonged to the Netherlands but that became independent over the course of decades such as Surinam. A part of Belgium does also speak Dutch in a little different way mostly known as Flemish. They can both understand each other but got some different ways of saying things.