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== | == Dutch Colonization (1636-today) == | ||
In 1636, the Dutch West India Company took possession of the island. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, this island changed hands 21 times between the Netherlands, Britain and France.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#History, accessed 24 November 2020.</ref> Sint Eustatius became a member of the Netherlands Antilles in 1954 and a special municipality of the Netherlands in 2010.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles, accessed 24 November 2020.</ref> | |||
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