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16
Novèmber
1776

St Eustatius gives a salute to an American ship

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📅 16 Novèmber 1776 📍 Caribbean, Sint Eustatius

The Dutch island’s salute to an American vessel became an international incident during the American Revolution. Sint Eustatius was a major commercial entrepôt connecting Caribbean colonies and supplying goods to the insurgent United States. Its trade mattered because European empires tried to control commerce across the Atlantic.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Johannes de Graaff

American naval officers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Dutch West India Company

United States

Sint Eustatius colonial government