World history/WHME101/Colonial conflicts/Northern Europe

Reading

Read the following article. As you do so, consider these questions:

• Where were the strongholds of the Dutch Empire?

• Where did the French establish colonies?

• Where did the English Empire establish footholds? How powerful was it during this period?

History World International, 'Beginnings of North European Expansion'.

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