The Dutch believed that they had more of a claim on New Amsterdam than the British is:
They were the first one to claim the land.
Back when territories between countries still haven't been settled, the one that first settle the territory will have control over it.
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According to Horace Kallen , Cultural pluralism refers to a society that contains a lot of different ethnics, but each ethnics still try to maintain their identity.
The U.S society in 1920s indeed consist of several group with different ethnicity due to the large number of immigrants that came in. But each groups tend to form their own communities in separate area rather than assimilate. This maintain the difference in their ethnic diversity.
Farmers use biotech because it helped them increase yield and lower production costs.