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The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 32 square miles (83 km2); Saint John with 19 square miles (49 km2); and Saint Croix with 84 square miles (220 km2). The Danish West India Guinea Company annexed the uninhabited island of Saint Thomas[2] in 1672 and St. John in 1675. In 1733, Saint Croix was purchased from the French West India Company. When the Danish company went bankrupt in 1755, the King of Denmark–Norway assumed direct control of the three islands. Britain occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801–02 and 1807–15, during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Les '''Indies Occidentales Daneses''' (en [[Idioma danés|danés]], ''Dansk Vestindien'') o Antilles Daneses foron una colonia [[Dinamarca|danesa]] nel [[Mar Caribe|Caribe]], formada poles islles de [[Saint Thomas (Islles Vírxenes)|Saint Thomas]] (83 km<sup>2</sup>), [[Saint John (Islles Vírxenes)|Saint John]] (49 km<sup>2</sup>) y Saint Croix (220 km<sup>2</sup>). La [[Compañía Danesa de les Indies Occidentales y Guinea]] ocupó la islla, deshabitada, de Saint Thomas en [[1672]], y Saint John en [[1675]]. En [[1733]] compró-y la islla de Saint Croix a la [[Compañía Francesa de les Indies Occidentales]]. Cuando la compañía danesa quebró, en [[1755]], el [[Reinu de Dinamarca y Noruega|rei de Dinamarca y Noruega]] asumió'l control directu de les trés islles. [[Gran Bretaña]] ocupó la colonia en [[1801]]-[[1802|02]] y [[1807]]-[[1815|15]], nel contestu de les [[Guerres napoleóniques|guerres napoleóniques]].
 
L'oxetivu de los colonizadores daneses yera participar nel lucrativu [[Comerciu triangular|comerciu triangular]] pol que se llevaben armes de fueu y delles mercancíes a [[África]], aú se cambiaben por esclavos que yeren tresportaos al Caribe pa trabayar nes plantaciones de [[zucre]]. La etapa final del comerciu triangular suponíala la esportación de cargamentos de zucre y [[ron]] a Dinamarca. La economía de la colonia dependía del trabayu esclavu, y tres de l'abolición oficial de la [[esclavitú]] en [[1848]] la economía colapsó. En [[1852]] el parllamentu danés debatió por primer vegada la venta de la colonia, que yá yera una carga pal presupuestu del país y non una fonte d'ingresos. De magar Dinamarca tentó de vender la colonia o cambiala por otra, a [[Estaos Xuníos d'América|Estaos Xuníos]] a finales del [[Sieglu XIX|sieglu XIX]] y al [[Imperiu alemán]] a primeros del [[Sieglu XX|sieglu XX]]. Finalmente, vendiéron-yles a Estaos Xuníos por 25 millones de dólares, que tomaron el control d'elles el [[31 de marzu]] de [[1917]], díi nel que se convirtieron nes [[Islles Vírxenes Americanes]].
Danish colonizers in the West Indies aimed to exploit the profitable triangular trade, involving the export of firearms and other manufactured goods to Africa in exchange for slaves who were then transported to the Caribbean to work the sugar plantations. The final stage of the triangle involved the export of cargos of sugar and rum to Denmark. The economy of the Danish West Indies depended on slavery. After a rebellion, slavery was officially abolished in 1848, leading to the near economic collapse of the plantations.
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In 1852 the Danish parliament first debated the sale of the increasingly unprofitable colony. Denmark tried several times to sell or exchange the Danish West Indies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: to the United States and to the German Empire respectively. The islands were eventually sold for 25 million dollars to the United States, which took over the administration on 31 March 1917, renaming the islands the United States Virgin Islands.
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