The Modern Dutch Empire: Territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
  • The Kingdom of the Netherlands isn't just the European country of the Netherlands. It includes the independent nations of Curaçao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, and the Netherlands. Within the Netherlands itself are 3 special municipalities, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. This video explores these distinctions in greater depth, as well as the unique and interesting histories of each individual Caribbean island.
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Комментарии • 107

  • @soanyway6746
    @soanyway6746 Год назад +7

    Finally! Somebody made a video on us! And he pronounced them close enough to the Dutch way. Good on ya mate! Being from Curaçao, I absolutely needed to see this. Dis Giga Chad actually went to the effort to research, understand, and explain the Kingdom of the Netherlands. You have made all lands under the Kingdom of the Netherlands proud.

  • @ivicapavic3381
    @ivicapavic3381 2 года назад +6

    This video is so well done I showed it to my university undergrad students today. Props, dear Sir!

  • @user-ie6jr4bg1w
    @user-ie6jr4bg1w 4 года назад +32

    I am from Amsterdam and have family on Curaçao and Bonaire, they get dutch passports and are europeans as well as north Americans. Cool video mate!, the island are not part of the eu bit the citizens are

    • @435American
      @435American  4 года назад +2

      Interesting, thanks for the comment!

    • @oldbordergeek
      @oldbordergeek 2 года назад

      Sell those isles to venesuela they shouldnt be european, the colonial age is over

    • @jdj8168
      @jdj8168 Год назад +1

      ​@Đark Destroyer geographically

    • @jesuscr0011
      @jesuscr0011 Год назад

      ​@@jdj8168that's not North America.

    • @jdj8168
      @jdj8168 Год назад +1

      @@jesuscr0011 caribbean is north america🤦‍♂️

  • @Imilmano
    @Imilmano 6 лет назад +17

    The history of the Caribbean is way more complicated than I thought.

  • @margaretingleby679
    @margaretingleby679 4 года назад +7

    Used to work on an Oil tanker in the 1960's shipping Arubaian oil to New Jersey , spoke to a border guard under the NL flag in Dutch and he said " speak English " they were hot for independence at the time . Between port and shore were a series of canals reminiscent of Holland , its cute how people bring their culture to new lands . Dale .

    • @JimskiBeatz
      @JimskiBeatz 3 года назад +1

      Now they all regret it and realize how good they had it with all those millions coming in from the Netherlands . The Netherlands just wants them to fix the corruption in exchange for the moneys

    • @Skies133
      @Skies133 3 года назад +2

      @@JimskiBeatz it's not that simple. As I understand the history from my family it had more to do with the Island (Curacao) in charge of the finances for all the Islands. Aruba did very well in the 90s on it's own but of course bad management and many hits on U.S. economy took a toll on our own economy.

    • @Arubaanse
      @Arubaanse 2 года назад

      @@JimskiBeatz You're uneducated if u think the Netherlands would send millions of money like that.

  • @UnderstandingUs
    @UnderstandingUs 6 лет назад +11

    Great video as always. I actually didn’t know this and it very informative

  • @Remie1529
    @Remie1529 6 лет назад +2

    Great video man !

  • @scunekt
    @scunekt 6 лет назад +10

    yesss, finally a new video from you! your content is super informative and interesting, and your voice/editing makes it not too terribly boring. keep up the great work, i cant wait for the next video!

    • @435American
      @435American  6 лет назад +2

      Thanks, that means a lot!

    • @scunekt
      @scunekt 6 лет назад +1

      i've been subbed to your channel since you had around 300 subscribers i believe, maybe even earlier. i like that your content, although sparse at times, has remained consistent and informative.
      i cant wait for you to get to the Wisconsin episode in your "Tour of the United States" series, since i live there. :)

  • @mdlunasofficial7478
    @mdlunasofficial7478 3 года назад +1

    OH my god! Your channel is a diamond ..all the love and respect for your great work😘

  • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions
    @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions 6 лет назад +31

    The 🇦🇼🇨🇼Kingdom of the Netherlands🇳🇱🇸🇽 should have its own separate flag!
    Anyways, good video.

    • @bloemkoolendestreetgang450
      @bloemkoolendestreetgang450 6 месяцев назад +2

      Actually super true, its lame how the netherlands and the kingdom are seen as the same thing for so many people including the people who live here in the netherlands. A different flag for the kingdom like the UK has would be really helpful and cool

    • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions
      @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions 6 месяцев назад

      @@bloemkoolendestreetgang450
      Thank you! Someone, finally!
      Yes, the Kingdom does. I'm not sure how to go about, would the Kingdom get its own flag or adopt the current one and then European Netherlands adopts a separate flag, I'm not sure.
      The same applies to the Kingdom of Denmark vs. the European archipelago plus continental part that isn't Faroe that most people would call Denmark. Although, there's a likelihood that it may just become Denmark as both Faroe and Greenland are showing increasing interest in independence, but we'll see if it happens within what's left of the decade.

    • @bloemkoolendestreetgang450
      @bloemkoolendestreetgang450 6 месяцев назад

      @@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions good question, im thinking maybe the kingdom just gets a new flag since the flag of the Netherlands is older than the Kingdom of the Netherlands. How would they do it tho? Maybe they can incorporate elements from the other countries into the kingdom flag, just like the UK has done. And the Union Jack is imo one of the coolest flags out there. I just think the other countries should get some recognition in the Kingdom flag at least
      And for Denmark, i think perhaps yea they dont really need an overhaul because like you said both of Denmarks constituent countries show little interest in actually wanting to stay with Denmark at the moment. Of course who knows whatll happen, and perhaps an overhaul to the Danish kingdoms flag (or even name) that incorporates them both more (esp for Faroe islands, because Greenland is pretty certainly not staying with Denmark in the long run) could make them feel a little more included and united

    • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions
      @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions 5 месяцев назад

      @CacalacaCuManera
      You say that like if Scotland didn't do the same as Aruba!
      Plus, the British flag🇬🇧 isn't the only flag Scottish folk could use to identify themselves. Hence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, which predates the UK.
      All I'm saying is that the flag of the Netherlands (European & Caribbean) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shouldn't be the same one. It's confusing.
      Tell a Scottish person that they have the same culture as the English and see what happens.🤭

    • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions
      @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions 5 месяцев назад

      @CacalacaCuManera
      The country of the Netherlands has certain parts of itself in the Caribbean, literally the point of this video that we're commenting on.
      The Kingdom of the Netherlands🇳🇱.
      Aruna🇦🇼, Curaçao🇨🇼, Netherlands🇳🇱, Saint Martin🇸🇽.
      Then the country of the Netherlands has Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Or the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands
      I understand that Aruba has an international personality, but so does England and Scotland, so does Hong Kong, among other places that aren't sovereign and independent but have internal autonomy.
      My point is that the flag of the kingdom and the country of the Netherlands shouldn't be one and the same. I don't really care about it being a combo of all the constituent countries' flags or whatever as long as they aren't the same.
      I do understand your feelings on this, but think of it this way, what if the flag of Aruba was the same one as Oranjestad, yet when trying to separate Oranjestad from Aruba you couldn't because they have the same flag!

  • @soanyway6746
    @soanyway6746 Год назад +1

    Oh, fun fact bout Curaçao: during WW2, we refined 80% (or so) of the oil the allies used. I studied my homeland for waaaay too long.

    • @jesuscr0011
      @jesuscr0011 Год назад +1

      Yes, Venezuelan oil. 🇻🇪♥️🇳🇱🇦🇼🇨🇼

    • @soanyway6746
      @soanyway6746 Год назад

      @@jesuscr0011 yeah, ik, but ya get the point.

  • @anthonykingsale4474
    @anthonykingsale4474 4 года назад +6

    Ooo not to forget,the ABC Islands,the ppl there speaks more thand two launguages dutch papamento english spanish,up the 3 SSS Islands,dutch english spanish, but mostly english on the SSS,StMaarten seeing that they close with they french side speaks french,or french creol due to there ties with french StMartin, so they are many diffrence on the 6 islands,and Suriname speaks at least 3 launguages,dutch english and takitaki, and our dishes too are diffrent,so now you have more work to do ,solong again

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 3 года назад

      Suriname has more languages

    • @Arubaanse
      @Arubaanse 2 года назад +2

      Try 4. We speak 4 langauges

    • @Arubaanse
      @Arubaanse 2 года назад +2

      @@apeman9238 But not everyone speaks 4 or more. That's the point. There are more languages in Suriname but not everyone speak it

  • @richardjohnson3728
    @richardjohnson3728 2 года назад +3

    Great video! Saba is pronounced “Say - ba”

  • @6banzai5
    @6banzai5 2 года назад +1

    thank you.

  • @gamerstudio5675
    @gamerstudio5675 5 лет назад +1

    Aye thats pretty good

  • @tymsertius
    @tymsertius 3 года назад +7

    Aruba 🇦🇼
    Bonaire 🇧🇶
    Curaçao 🇨🇼
    Sint Maarten 🇸🇽

    • @jdj8168
      @jdj8168 Год назад

      ​@Đark Destroyer its not a shame because if they wanted that they wouldve chosen that

    • @zidane8452
      @zidane8452 Год назад

      @Đark Destroyer Aruba and Curaçao would more likely get independence before the rest

  • @famiadasilva9545
    @famiadasilva9545 2 года назад +2

    I. Live at Aruba and our capital is oranjestad

    • @jdj8168
      @jdj8168 Год назад

      ❤ To our islands from the Netherlands

  • @panghulan6340
    @panghulan6340 7 месяцев назад

    i think if NL Antilles is remain there's two constituents countries the Mainland and NL antilles,many bonairians choose SM status due of closer economic opportunity and Aruba,Curaçao,SxM choose constituents countries,and saba and Stacia choose also special municipality due of low population

  • @Miguel-up1jm
    @Miguel-up1jm Год назад

    My friend from school went to Curaçao and i am going to Aruba in December 2022

  • @TheRuudmar
    @TheRuudmar 3 года назад +1

    Was nice watching this video celebrating 10-10-10

  • @RS-ft7nv
    @RS-ft7nv 3 года назад +2

    The Europeans were fighting crazy over these islands

  • @SniperBoss-kj5eb
    @SniperBoss-kj5eb 2 года назад +1

    concerning the forts on st.maarten the information is not correct

  • @mr_lemons6370
    @mr_lemons6370 4 года назад +3

    2:50 That's the Luxembourg flag

  • @H4RVICK99
    @H4RVICK99 5 лет назад +5

    Wow, your voice changed so much

  • @charles_not_found7738
    @charles_not_found7738 4 года назад +1

    What is bonaire

  • @newjones1754
    @newjones1754 3 года назад +5

    The dutch showed the world how trade is done

  • @mayerlinrivas8617
    @mayerlinrivas8617 4 года назад +5

    The European union is in North America

  • @andersonpercival860
    @andersonpercival860 2 года назад +2

    Please take a trip to each island and get first-hand information instead of spreading misinformation. The Netherlands Antilles has never decolonized a fact that was recently discovered when Pro Soualiga from St. Martin (the island's official name) took the dutch government to court. which means that none of the islands are decolonized and are still colonies of the Netherlands and not countries or municipalities. Why do only dutch politicians sit on the kingdom council of ministers if the islands are decolonized and are equal citizens?
    Please take a trip to each of the islands and discover the history for yourself and how the citizens are treated even though they carry a passport of the kingdom of the Netherlands. Do not rely on the misinformation of history books that were whitewashed.

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat 6 лет назад +7

    Second

  • @zakattack8624
    @zakattack8624 6 лет назад +5

    Do the Dannish Empire

    • @rhinaffrika5825
      @rhinaffrika5825 5 лет назад +1

      So greenland and what eles

    • @435American
      @435American  5 лет назад +4

      Rhin Affrika The Faroe Islands as well as Greenland.

    • @rhinaffrika5825
      @rhinaffrika5825 5 лет назад +4

      I always joke that the only thing the danes colonized was an iceberg

  • @soegriembaasman
    @soegriembaasman Год назад

    laat geit auw weten van wie de nederlandse antillering is (?)

  • @kkroon1482
    @kkroon1482 2 года назад +3

    Suriname and the Dutch Antilles never had "Equal power" within the Kingdom. Did you read this on wikipedia or do actual research?

  • @edenli6421
    @edenli6421 5 лет назад +2

    25th

  • @Alex-14539
    @Alex-14539 4 года назад +1

    The first Question I had was if you can get some legal Weed to smoke in Curaçao and the other Islands 😂😂😂

    • @user-ie6jr4bg1w
      @user-ie6jr4bg1w 4 года назад +1

      schurik bra no, and you cant legally get weed in the netherlands either. Officially seen weed is illegal in the kingdom and country of the Netherlands but as long as you have 5 grams or less the police will let you have it, this is because it is not a dangerous drugs and helps people to relax or to be used as pain relieve. Another reason is to make it harder for dealers to make money and therefore less attractive to be a dealer!

  • @princeperez4121
    @princeperez4121 2 года назад +1

    what about Netherlands Antilles

    • @Arubaanse
      @Arubaanse 2 года назад +2

      That's Netherlands Antilles!!!

  • @alexsc9015
    @alexsc9015 6 лет назад +1

    Solo mate:)

  • @ailham5313
    @ailham5313 3 года назад +1

    Dutch west india, how the east indie?

  • @anthonykingsale4474
    @anthonykingsale4474 4 года назад +7

    Hummm,Im Ducth,Arubean born,mother from Curacao,grand mother from Saba,yet each Island have theire own unique way of life,yet your political explanation is correct,hummmm...........yet I feel that you should have seperate each Island ,and explain the geography of them ,we all knows about St.Maarten,its many tourist attraction and so do Aruba too,Curacao is well know for the Little League baseball champion ships and more,and revolt of the 2 slaves,of Tula,Carpata, and Aruba for its gold rush in 1902,plus our ww2 hero B.Edcurri a resistance fighter,who fough the germans during the ww2,and Betico Croes,who died in a car crash while he was busy making plans for Aruba plans to get seprate status from the the dutch,and yet you forgot how did the Islands and Suriname got to govern our own affairs,cause of the dutch invasion in Indonisia in 1946,they wipe out over 1000,of natives,,that when the Islands and Suriname got to govern our own,that took place in 1954 her Majesty the Queen never wanted to end the colonial ties,it would have been nice if you did each one seperatly,yet your job was good, thanks for the info,

    • @user-ie6jr4bg1w
      @user-ie6jr4bg1w 4 года назад

      Anthony Kingsale and curaçao won the Gold Cup (football championship pf all north american countries) they beat the USA, CANADA an Jamaica.

    • @dawgKev
      @dawgKev 3 года назад

      demetrius9533 lfmaoo 💀💀💀

    • @Skies133
      @Skies133 3 года назад

      He was doing a general "territories of the kingdom of the Netherlands" so why would he go into specifics about each individual Island? He would have to do a specific video for each individual Island to focus on their history. He did a great job let's leave it at that.

    • @jdj8168
      @jdj8168 Год назад

      Love to you, native to our islands and being loyal to the Dutch kingdom. We love you guys.

  • @sofiathlm7947
    @sofiathlm7947 2 года назад +1

    Uhm some like 33% of this is wrong

  • @greatlawlreichpersonal
    @greatlawlreichpersonal 6 лет назад +4

    First.

  • @kkroon1482
    @kkroon1482 2 года назад +3

    FYI, the islands never got to vote for independence. 'Autonomous within the kingdom' is just fancy talk for having a pretend government, while the dutch government still decides everything and represents the islands internationally

    • @jdj8168
      @jdj8168 Год назад +5

      What are you talking about? They also had the option for complete independence.

    • @anthonymanderson7671
      @anthonymanderson7671 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@jdj8168of course, people like this just don't know much on geopolitics.

  • @sailing-etanche
    @sailing-etanche 3 года назад

    Maybe the next time , a Dutch flag, not of Luxemburg

    • @DarkDutch007
      @DarkDutch007 3 года назад

      The flag of the Netherlands has changed its shades of colours a couple of times in the lifetime of the Netherlands, it used to have a flag with a lighter blue like the Luxembourgish one today.

    • @sailing-etanche
      @sailing-etanche 3 года назад

      @@DarkDutch007 yes I know. The lighter blue was the first, the Prinsenvlag and is orange, white and light blue

    • @henryb.2941
      @henryb.2941 Год назад

      @@sailing-etanche there was a time in which both the 2 former flags were used. Prinsenvlag (orange, white, light blue) and statenvlag (red, white , light blue). The modern flag with the darker blue was used later in the 1800s and officially adapted as flag of The Netherlands in 1937.

  • @Skippy9673
    @Skippy9673 9 месяцев назад

    Nice island Corrupt government work on the Dutch side live on the French side 40 years paid into my retirement, but when I retired because I had a French address they would not pay me retirement, told me they can’t because my address is French. So where is our money going since they took it. St. Martin/St. Maarten

  • @khadidjakoka6419
    @khadidjakoka6419 3 года назад +2

    All these territories must declare independence. Netherlands go out.

    • @josgroot6786
      @josgroot6786 3 года назад +5

      Papua; free from being colonized by Indonesia. Papua Merdeka. Stop ethnic clensing of Papua.

    • @Skies133
      @Skies133 3 года назад +7

      Fuck that! We're good as we are!

    • @khadidjakoka6419
      @khadidjakoka6419 3 года назад

      @@Skies133 Slaves if the sky is raining freedom, rases umbrellas, This example applies to everyone who against the independence.

    • @Skies133
      @Skies133 3 года назад +12

      @@khadidjakoka6419 the Dutch army keeps us safe from being invaded by the Venezuelans, any time we are in financial distress they support us & being a Dutch (European) citizens grants us access to persue a higher education in the Netherlands. Tell me why would we want independence?

    • @khadidjakoka6419
      @khadidjakoka6419 3 года назад

      @Lars Pog If they are independent countries, then why not join international organizations !