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Why America Once Feared the Netherlands

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Jan 2, 2026
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We animate using these tablets: HUION KAMVAS Pro 16 https://amzn.to/3LNZW76 GAOMON PD1320 https://amzn.to/4i3QJUe XPPen Artist12 Pro https://amzn.to/3X3CLrO What do Brooklyn, Harlem, and even Wall Street have in common? They all trace back to a tiny European country: the Netherlands. Discover how the Dutch Golden Age helped build New York, quietly funded the American Revolution, and introduced ideas like the stock market, corporations, and religious freedom. Why was Britain so afraid of a Dutch-American alliance that it started a war to stop it? This is the forgotten story of how the Netherlands shaped, and once terrified, America. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N44xRObKww7a7Hlb6AjHsnMpgefYlKd3Y6dCOlXbH3Y/edit?usp=sharing 0:00 Intro Year 1600 0:16 Year 1624 2:53 Year 1609 5:48 Year 1776 8:24 Year 1784 10:55 Outro 13:10 #history #newamsterdam #simplehistory #americanrevolution #funhistory #usa

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