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American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
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1775–1783 American war of independence from Great Britain
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Capture of Sint Eustatius
Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1781)
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Dutch Republic
Predecessor state of the Netherlands (1581–1795)
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Sint Eustatius
Dutch Caribbean island
Sint Eustatius, known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality of the Netherlands.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)