HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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France
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Netherlands
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Britan
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Sweden
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Netherlands is considered to be the first European nation which broke through the Portuguese monopoly in the east. The Dutch got independence on 26 July 1581 through the Eighty Years’ War from the Spanish Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Brazil was rich in natural resources such as hardwoods, diamonds, and gold (from the Minas Gerais region). Captaincies were handed out, and São Vicente became the first Portuguese settlement in 1532. The first governor of Brazil was appointed in 1549, and Brazil was made an official Crown colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dutch–Portuguese War (Dutch: Nederlands-Portugese Oorlog; Portuguese: Guerra Luso-Holandesa) was a global armed conflict involving Dutch forces, in the form of the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, as well as their allies against the Iberian Union, and after 1640, the Portuguese Empire.