James Monroe declared that no Europe nation should attempt to regain the newly independent latin America colonies.
Alexander the great because he had good training, was able to gain territory nonviolently and was successful.
The Dutch East India Company had a mission to explore North America's rivers. Dutch explorers were asked to claim unclaimed areas. The dutch explorers claimed and named the province of New Netherland which was the first Dutch colony in North America. New Netherland was part of what now is New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware.
