3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)

3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)
Transatlantic slavery
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3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)
Transatlantic slavery

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Goals for this lesson 
At the end of this lesson you...
  • understand why the WIC was established.
  • understand what role the WIC played in the slave trade.
  • understand how the triangular trade worked.

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Below are two statements:
I. The VOC was allowed to hire an army.
II. The VOC had a monopoly on the spice trade in East Asia.
A
Both are true
B
Both are false
C
I = true; II = false
D
I = false; II = true

Slide 3 - Quiz

The VOC was a multinational. What does that mean?

Slide 4 - Question ouverte

3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)
Transatlantic slavery

Slide 5 - Diapositive

Colonisation of the Americas (the west)
  • Spain and Portugal were the dominant powers in the Americas. 
  • The Dutch also wanted a share of the Americas.

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Dutch colonisation of the West Indies
  • 1621: Dutch West-India Company
  • Monopoly on trade with North and South America.
  • Privateering was also allowed > hijacking Spanish and Portuguese ships > capturing the Silver Fleet (14 billion euros in today's money) 

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WIC (1621)
  • West India Company
  • Traded African slaves, sugar, tea, tobacco and weopons.

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Fort Elmina (modern day Ghana)

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Slide 11 - Vidéo

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WIC - Triangular trade

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Slaves
Sugar, cotton & tobacco
Weapons & textiles

Slide 15 - Question de remorquage

Dutch slave trade
  •  About 600.000 Africans were transported and sold into slavery by the Dutch.
  • Curaçao was the central hub for the Dutch slave trade.
  • In 1863 (or 1873) slavery was abolished in the Dutch colonies.

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Slide 17 - Vidéo

Slide 18 - Lien

Slide 19 - Vidéo