Dutch colonial efforts were
A. incredibly unsuccessful, as their huge expenditures did not produce a single profitable colony.
B. ended by superior Portuguese power in North America before 1700.
C. weakened by their principled refusal to take part in the slave trade.
D. highly successful in Southeast Asia, and particularly on the island of Java.
E. most economically profitable in New Amsterdam.
Answer: D
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