The Dutch East India Company was a trading company. It had many rivals, but it didn't specifically focus on waging war or combat, it was used to focus their trade powers between territories.
Because his voyages began a period marked by European empire.
Through the Bill of Rights
He was good to his people and helped to keep the economy stable.
I believe it is A. he was a black loyalist who fought for the British, so that one makes the most sense to me.