2.1 trade in the dutch republic

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Lesson duration is: 60 min

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2.1 trade and industry in the dutch republic

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Goals for today

1. Why was the Dutch Republic so prosperous?

2. Which new trade opportunities did the Dutch Republic discover in the 17th century?

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2.1 economy

trade, industry, VOC, slave trade

2.2 culture en society

Art, science, religion, rich and poor

2.3 politics

government, powerful burghers

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the economy of the dutch republic

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From 1450, Baltic route (grain and wood)
1585: fall of Antwerp, many merchants fled to Holland
Merchant capitalism: Making money by trading
Amsterdam was a Staple market
Still, industry also flourished

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1. Many riches in the whole world

2. You have good ships

3. Sailing is extremely dangerous

What are you going to do?

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What are you going to do

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VOC and WIC

global economy: it expanded over all the continents
Precursor companies turn into the VOC (Dutch East India Company
Trade network with trade monopoly

WIC was less succesful

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