Dutch settlers

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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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Surface form Occurrences
Boers 1

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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

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Great Trek participant Dutch settlers
this entity surface form: Boers
Afrikaners primaryAncestry Dutch settlers