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

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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

What kind of image do we have of slavery?

Slide 6 - Carte mentale

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Slide 7 - Vidéo

00:36
Which countries are Dutch leaders visiting, and why?

Slide 8 - Question ouverte

01:41
What does Jennifer Tosh say about the Dutch role in slavery?

Slide 9 - Question ouverte

02:48
Why does Jennifer Tosh think the apology is just the beginning?

Slide 10 - Question ouverte

03:26
What does the prime minister mean when he says, “This is not a full stop, but a comma”?

Slide 11 - Question ouverte

05:40
How do people whose families were enslaved feel about the apology?

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

00:00
Why did the Dutch prime minister say sorry for slavery?

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

Questions
1. What did the Dutch Prime Minister say sorry for?
2. Who were the people the Dutch enslaved?
3. Do we have to apologize for what happened centuries ago?


Slide 14 - 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 20 - Vidéo

Slide 21 - Diapositive

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WIC - Triangular trade

Slide 23 - Diapositive

Slaves
Sugar, cotton & tobacco
Weapons & textiles

Slide 24 - 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.

Slide 25 - Diapositive

Slide 26 - Vidéo

Slide 27 - Lien