Banana wars

Main Causes of the Banana War

o European countries limited the imports of bananas
o Companies complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
o The United States responded by imposing a stiff tariff on European
goods shipped to the United States
o Overall cause is due to the European Unions(EU) failure to amend to
America’s satisfaction on their banana-import rules .

First Anglo-Dutch War

First Anglo-Dutch War

Part of the Anglo-Dutch Wars

The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten,

painted c. 1654, depicts the final battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War.

Date 1652–1654
Location English Channel, North Sea, Italy
Result Commonwealth victory; Treaty of Westminster

Belligerents

 Dutch Republic  Commonwealth of England

 Commanders and leaders

Maarten Tromp Robert Blake

Michiel de Ruyter George Ayscue

Witte de With Henry Appleton

Johan van Galen George Monck

Strength

About 300 ships About 300 ships

Casualties and losses

About 3,000 killed About 2,500 killed

33 warships sunk 10 warships sunk

18 warships captured 7 warships captured

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The First Anglo-Dutch War, or, simply, the First Dutch War, (Dutch: Eerste Engelse (zee-)oorlog,
"First English (Sea) War") (1652–1654) was a conflict fought entirely at sea between the navies of
the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Caused by disputes
over trade, the war began with English attacks on Dutch merchant shipping, but expanded to vast
fleet actions. Ultimately, it resulted in the English Navy gaining control of the seas around England,
and forced the Dutch to accept an English monopoly on trade with England and her colonies.[1] It was
the first of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

Second Anglo-Dutch War

Second Anglo-Dutch War

Part of the Anglo-Dutch Wars

 Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667, by Van Soest

Date 4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667

Location The North Sea and the English Channel; England
and the Dutch Republic;North America and the
Caribbean
Result Dutch victory; Treaty of Breda

Belligerents

 Dutch Republic  England

 Denmark–Norway  Münster

 France

Commanders and leaders

 Michiel de Ruyter  Duke of York

 Jacob van Wassenaer  Duke of Albemarle

 Pieter de Bitter  Rupert of the

 Cornelis de Witt Rhine

 Willem van Ghent  Thomas Teddiman

 Claus von Ahlefeldt

 Antoine Lefèbvre

Strength

Dutch Republic 139 ships[1]

131 ships 21,000 men

Denmark–Norway 4,200 guns

250 men

Casualties and losses

Dutch Republic 7,210 killed

5,150 killed 7,000 wounded

 3,000 wounded 2,000 captured

2,500 captured 29 ships lost

23 ships lost 2 ships captured

Denmark–Norway

8 killed

The Second Anglo-Dutch War (4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667), or the Second Dutch

War (Dutch: Tweede Engelse Oorlog "Second English War") was a conflict fought
between England and the Dutch Republic for control over the seas and trade routes, where England
tried to end the Dutch domination of world trade during a period of intense European commercial
rivalry. After initial English successes, the war ended in a Dutch victory. It was the second of a series
of naval wars fought between the English and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries.