3.2 Trade all over the world

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3.2 trade all over the world

At the start of the 17th century Amsterdam started to grow. The reason was the booming trade. On some houses you can still see how Amsterdam was connected with the trade in the East and West Indies.

When is this building used every year?

First multinationals

small Dutch companies started sailing to the East Indies, however they had to compete with a lot of other Dutch companies and the lowered their prices to sell their goods. 

In 1602 the States General dicided to join all the small companies into one big one: The Dutch East India Company, the VOC. The VOC had a monopoly in the trade with East India.

Stock exchange

Small part of the company

Small part of the company

Small part of the company

Small part of the company

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Use the information on this slide to explain how the VOC was financed.

overview Dutch trading posts and colonies

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Famous Dutch painters

Who bought art?

• Wealthy citizens and city councils commissioned paintings (for example militia pieces).
  
• Shopkeepers and craftsmen could afford paintings as well. 

Well-known painters were: Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Frans Hals and Jan Steen.

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