The power of the Dutch East Indian Company was in:

The power of the Dutch East Indian Company was in the hands of the Amsterdam Chamber.

Explanation:

The Dutch East India Trading Company was the second multinational company in the world founded in 1602, and the first to set up its own stock exchange, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. It has also been considered the world’s first mega-corporation, with almost state rights such as the right to declare war, sign treaties, imprison and execute suspects, print money and establish colonies.   The highest governing body of the trading company was the Amsterdam Chamber. It usually comprised 17 members with a joint council. The trading company went bankrupt at the end of the 18th century, when the territories it controlled formed the East India Region of the Netherlands.

1.3x - 2 - (3.3x + 5) = 2x + 1

1.3x - 2 - 3.3x - 5 = 2x + 1

-2x - 7 = 2x + 1

-7 = 4x + 1

-8 = 4x

x = -2

since most of current immigration into the u.s., both legal and illegal, is coming from latin america. it would be very difficult to imagine or rationalize a country my fellow citizens are trying desperately to flee into, would pose a threat to my prosperity or freedom. since the u.s. has a long history of intervention, but no record of permanent occupation, i would not feel oppression is the main objective.  

the largest free trade nation, along with the largest gdp in the world wanting to expand it's economic policy on us, and including us, could only be positive. the u.s. government has no interest in, or way of simply forcing american culture on us. and has no track record of it. other nations that adopted american social culture, or "americanization" did so voluntarily, mainly through the choice of allowing american businesses and u.s. citizens to come into their nations, as free operatives.