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The Dutch people are generally seen as the pioneers of capitalism, and their emphasis on a modern economy, secularism, and a free market ultimately had a huge influence on the great powers of the West, especially the British Empire, its Thirteen Colonies, and ultimately the United States.he origins of the word Dutch go back to Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of all Germanic languages, *theudo (meaning national/popular); akin to Old Dutch dietsc, Old High German diutsch, Old English Ã¾eodisc and Gothic Ã¾iuda all meaning (of) the common (Germanic) people.