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Dutch settlement in the Americas startet with new Amsterdam.
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The English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York after the Duke of York (later James II & VII).
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The Dutch recaptured the colony New York city (new amsterdam)
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After the Dutch relised that new york was not as usefull for them anymore and peace talks with the English, they left the colony and took over Suriname in South America.
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During to high taxes and low wages, large numbers of Dutch farms started immigrating to America in the early nineteenth century. Many Dutchs immigrated to the U.S. to still have religion freedom.
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Over 340 000 Dutch emigratet from Holland to the United States. After the Second World War Holland was the most-densely populated country in the world.
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The original post-war refugee legislation of 1948, already adhering to a strict "affidavit of support" policy, was still maintaining a color bar making it difficult for Indos to emigrate to the U.S.
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The flood of 1953 was the greatest natural disaster to occur in the Netherlands in the 20th century. The disaster claimed the lives of 1,836 people and many homes were destroyed which resulted in the Refugee Relief Act including a slot for 15,000 ethnic Dutch that had at least 50% European blood and an immaculate legal and political track record. In 1954 only 187 visas were actually granted.
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The anti-communist senator Francis E. Walter pleaded for a second term of the Refugee Relief Act in 1957 and an additional slot of 15,000 visas in 1958.
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The Pastore–Walter Immigration Act for the relief of certain distressed aliens was passed allowing for a one-off acceptance of 10,000 Dutchmen from Indonesia.
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3.5 millions Americans claim to be total or partial Dutch, according to the 2013 American Community Survey. The majority lives in California, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Washington and Iowa.