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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 1543190, member: 7724&quot;]fairytale time again. they were the worst colonists EVER ! not one simple dime went into the infrastructure for the simple people. especially for Ceylon it was organized robbery; what buildings and infrastructure still exist - besides military strongholds like Galle and some posh villas for the Dutch - were installed by the English. </p><p>militarywise the Dutch were depending on mercaneries from all over Europe; in Switzerland the authorities even gave out warnings that young men should not meet the VOC regiments because they not only paid less than other employers but cheated them at the end of their engagement of the rest of the payment - which was not the case in France, Kingdom of the two Sicilies etc..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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