The Dutch West India Company established the patroon system to protect its fur trading settlements along the Hudson River. What was the patroon system?

ww1 weapons: tank. tanks were used for the first time in the first world war at the battle of the somme. they were developed to cope with the conditions on the western front. the first tank was called 'little willie' and needed a crew of 3.

the crusaders are identified in the painting;

c. by the red crosses on their backs