Which of the Following Statements Is True About the Dutch

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about the Dutch colonization of the New World?

• A)In the 1630s, the Dutch won a large chunk of northern Brazil from the Portuguese.
• B)By the sixteenth century, the Dutch were evicted from the Caribbean by the French settlers.
• C)The Dutch first set foot in the New World shortly after the English colonies were established there.
• D)A Dutch trading company hired a Spanish sailor to sail up the Hudson River.
• E)The French settlers in the New World often collaborated with the Dutch in trading with the local tribes.

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