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== Spanish Colonization (1633-1648) == | == Spanish Colonization (1633-1648) == | ||
In 1633 the Spanish captured St Martin and drove off the Dutch colonists. However, in 1648 the Eighty Years' War ended and the Spanish, no longer seeing any strategic or economic value in the island, simply abandoned it. | In 1633 the Spanish captured St Martin and drove off the Dutch colonists. However, in 1648 the Eighty Years' War ended and the Spanish, no longer seeing any strategic or economic value in the island, simply abandoned it. | ||
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Dutch Colonization (1631-1633, 1648-Present)[edit | edit source]
The Dutch built a fort (Fort Amsterdam) on the island in 1631. In 1633 the Spanish captured St Martin and drove off the Dutch colonists. However, in 1648 the Eighty Years' War ended and the Spanish, no longer seeing any strategic or economic value in the island, simply abandoned it. The Dutch and the French had some initial conflicts over the island but preferring to avoid an all-out war, they signed the Treaty of Concordia in 1648, which divided the island in two. Sint Maarten is now a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. It encompasses the southern 40% of the divided island of Saint Martin. [1]
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| Web: East Indies, Studbooks Officers KNIL, 1815-1950 at Ancestry — index & images ($) | 1815-1950 | Military Records | Dutch | Soldiers |
Spanish Colonization (1633-1648)[edit | edit source]
In 1633 the Spanish captured St Martin and drove off the Dutch colonists. However, in 1648 the Eighty Years' War ended and the Spanish, no longer seeing any strategic or economic value in the island, simply abandoned it. [2]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Maarten," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten, accessed 24 November 2020.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Maarten," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten, accessed 24 November 2020.