Dutch Virgin Islands
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The Dutch Virgin Islands is the collective name for the enclaves that the Dutch West India Company had in the Virgin Islands. The area was ruled by a director, whose seat was not permanent. The main reason for starting a colony here was that it lay strategically between the Dutch colonies in the south (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname) and New Netherland. The Dutch West India Company was mainly affected by the competition from Denmark, England and Spain. In 1680 the remaining islands became a British colony.
Quick Facts Nederlandse Maagdeneilanden (Dutch Virgin Islands), Status ...
Nederlandse Maagdeneilanden (Dutch Virgin Islands) | |||||||||
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1625–1680 | |||||||||
Status | Colony of the Dutch Republic | ||||||||
Common languages | Dutch, Negerhollands | ||||||||
Religion | Dutch Reformed | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
1625 | |||||||||
• Dutch expelled from Saint Croix by British | 1650 | ||||||||
• Saint Thomas post established | 1657 | ||||||||
• Danish West India Company takes possession of Saint Thomas | 1672 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1680 | ||||||||
Currency | Gulden (WIC) | ||||||||
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