Dutch settlers

E8039

European colonists ethno-historical group

Dutch settlers were European colonists from the Netherlands who established early permanent settlements and cultural influence in regions such as South Africa and parts of the Americas during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Boers	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European colonists ⓘ ethno-historical group ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	18th century ⓘ
activePeriodStart	17th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Dutch East India Company ⓘ Dutch West India Company ⓘ
colonialPower	Dutch Republic ⓘ
continentOfOrigin	Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
descendantGroup	Afrikaners ⓘ Afrikaners ⓘ surface form: Boers Dutch American ⓘ surface form: Dutch Americans Dutch Surinamese ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ shipping ⓘ trade ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Dutch people ⓘ
foundedSettlement	Batavia ⓘ surface form: Batavia (Jakarta) Cape Town ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ surface form: New Amsterdam Paramaribo ⓘ
governedBy	Dutch colonial administration ⓘ
influencedCultureOf	Indonesia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Suriname ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
influencedLanguageOf	Afrikaans ⓘ American English ⓘ
introduced	Calvinist church structures ⓘ Dutch architectural styles ⓘ Dutch place names ⓘ
language	Dutch language ⓘ
legacy	Dutch-derived toponyms in North America ⓘ Dutch-derived toponyms in South Africa ⓘ
participatedIn	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ colonial expansion ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
settledIn	Aruba ⓘ Bonaire ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Cape Colony ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Caribbean islands ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Curaçao ⓘ Dutch Brazil ⓘ Suriname ⓘ surface form: Dutch Guiana Dutch East Indies ⓘ surface form: East Indies Indonesia ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ surface form: New Amsterdam New Netherland ⓘ North America ⓘ Saba ⓘ Sint Maarten ⓘ surface form: Saint Martin (Dutch part) Sint Eustatius ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Suriname ⓘ
usedLegalSystem	Roman-Dutch law ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Trek → participant → Dutch settlers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boers

Afrikaners → primaryAncestry → Dutch settlers ⓘ