. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. esting struggles, the struggles forPrinces of Orange, aided by the great patriot John of Barne- liberty,veldt, rescued the nation and established the United Provinces. Butreligious quarrels between Calvinists and Arminians unfortunately ledto the execution of the patriot Barneveldt in 1619. This Dutch foreignperiod was concurrently marked by Dutch foreign enterprise, enterpri
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. esting struggles, the struggles forPrinces of Orange, aided by the great patriot John of Barne- liberty,veldt, rescued the nation and established the United Provinces. Butreligious quarrels between Calvinists and Arminians unfortunately ledto the execution of the patriot Barneveldt in 1619. This Dutch foreignperiod was concurrently marked by Dutch foreign enterprise, enterprises,which, by the end of the sixteenth century, had extended to the EastIndies, the Dutch East India Company being established in Dutch subsequently became involved in the Thirty Years The ThirtyWar ; and unfortunately James I. of England, being anxious to y®*^^ ^^^- I THE INHABITANTS 0I< EUROPE. keep friendly with Spain, took sides against Holland. But the successes of the Dutch, both by land and sea, against Spain, led to a wiTii^°^ marriage between William of Nassau and the Princess Mary of England, j^j^gj^nd ; and this in turn was the means of placing a Dutch prince on the English throne in II DUTCH WOJIAN. During the seventeenth century, the Dutch gained and kept thecarrying trade of the world, and developed great businesses ofgreat carry- exchange, but not great manufactures—a fatal lack. At oneing trade. ^^^^ ^^^^ ^yj&K:Q> strong enough to sail up the Thames unmo-lested. When England and Holland became allies, under William III.,Dutch power Englands prominence proved to be Hollands lowering to adimuushes. secondary place, which she has ever since kept. Thence-forth Holland was only used by Evnopean powers as a pawn, flattered THE DUTCH OR NETHER LANDERS. 123 or contemned by turn, tliough by no means contemptible. By siding with the United States of America, the Dutch lost most of „^ ^ . The French their West Indian possessions. The French Repu
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