Vwo 2 tto: the Dutch Golden Age - lesson 5

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The Dutch Golden Age

Lesson 5

Start of the lesson

Sit in your spot

Phone (off/silent) in phonebag

Chewing gum in bin

Books + laptop on table

Menu of the day

Recap

The end of the Golden Age

The government of the Dutch Republic

Break

Choice

Triangular trade

Slaves

Sugar, cotton & tobacco

Weapons & textiles

Wage labourers

Shopkeepers

Wealthy merchants

Poor people

Commander of the Dutch army & navy

Government of a province

Made decisions about war and foreign policy

Regional council

Stadholder

States general

These people held power in the Dutch Republic (= a key word)

Why did the Dutch eat their prime minister?

Test

Next week on monday: Test about chapter 1 + 2

Practice test chapter 2: on friday --> you will get your result back during that lesson

Learning questions

• How did the Golden Age end? (Year of Disaster)
  
• How did the government of Louis XIV work? (absolutism) 

Kings want more power

Most nations in the 17th century were monarchies​

• What are those?​
  
• In the Early Middle Ages (500-1000) kings usually didn't have a lot of power​
  
• How did they rule?

Kings want more power

Since the Late Middle Ages kings tried to decrease the power of the nobles (and increase their own)​

• With the rise of cities and trade came more money --> taxes
• Soldiers --> power​
  
• Government officials --> to help the king govern (laws)

Exercises

Do exercises 2 + 3 on page 89

Finished? --> revise with an answer booklet. Done with that? --> work on the learning questions

Break

Video

I'm going to show you a video: do the exercises