V.O.C. trade (VT21 TTO)

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V.O.C.

East-sea trade

• Too many people in the Republic, not enough grain to feed them. 
  - Importing grain from the Baltic states
• First network of trade
• Trading in exchange market: de Beurs. 

Wealth for all? 

• NL doesn't have many raw materials, nor agricultulture (floods) 

• Solution: Stock-Market (Stapelmarkt) 

• Amsterdam is the worldwide center of trade 

• It's aim was to earn money by making profits: capitalism (vraag en aanbod) 

First Dutch in Asia 

• Cornelis de Houtman  arrives in 1596 in East India (Indonesië!) 
  

• Reached his goal: to proof a route to East India

Spices 

• More flavour, preservatives, medicine

• Only grows in South-East Asia

• Long distances to cross,  and in between trade: peperduur.

New Problem!

• Growth of companies that sail off to Asia (compagnieën) 
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• A lot of competition between these companies: 

• Price of spices declines: profits as well. 

Trade monopoly 

• Concordia Res parvae Crescunt: all for one. Exterminate competition.

• Building trading posts (factorijen) 

• Contracts with local princes

• Setting up a network of trading posts. 

• Violence to protect trade (allowed by the Estates General!) 

Jan Pieterszoon Coen

• Extinguished the inhabitants of the Banda islands

• Hongitochten, special expeditions to ban smugglers (and resisting people) 

Inter-Asian trade

• VOC brought gold and silver to China, and bought silk, tea and China (!)-> part of the silk was sold in Japan for silver. 
• In India VOC bought cotton for Indonesia -> spices in return.
• To the Republic these goods were sold when the demand for it grew. Huge profits! (400-1000%) 
• Factorijen: no need for conquering land: local agreements were closed, sometimes by force 

Which products belong to the VOC? 

VOC

Hieronder staan vier zinnen die te maken hebben met het einde van de VOC. Geef van elke zin aan of het  een oorzaak of een gevolg is van het einde van de VOC. Sleep de zinnen naar de juiste plek.

Oorzaken

Gevolgen

De VOC had grote concurrentie vanEngeland.

Door de vierde Nederlands-Engelse oorlog had de VOC geen inkomsten meer.

De VOC voerde een slecht financieel beleid.

De bezittingen van de VOC kwamen in handen van de Nederlandse staat.

3. What was the VOC allowed to do? name 3 things.

What is the abbreviation V.O.C.?

Welke (tijds)volgorde is juist?

1. VOC - WIC - Oostzeehandel
2. Oostzeehandel - VOC - WIC
3. Oostzeehandel - WIC - VOC
4. VOC - Oostzeehandel - WIC

VOC traded

1. Slaves
2. Potatoes
3. Spices
4. Coffee