1. Trade and industry in the Dutch Republic

2.1 Trade and industry in the Dutch Republic
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2.1 Trade and industry in the Dutch Republic

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Learning objectives 
  1. You can describe the economy of the Dutch Republic 
  2. You can explain how the economy of the Dutch Republic became part of the world economy and the roles that the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India company had in it.
  3. You can make the links between triangular trade, the slave trade and slavery on the plantations. 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

The economy of the Dutch Republic 
Late Middle Ages trade flourished in Western Europe

After 1450: Amsterdam, Hoorn and Enkhuizen took over the Baltic routes. 

Antwerp was the most important trading city in the Netherlands until 1585 


Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Antwerp
Recaptured by the Spanish in 1585.

The port was blockaded by the rebels. 

Merchants and craftspeople fled to the Netherlands. Taking their expertise, money and labour with them. 


Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Trading 
In the Dutch republic most money was made by trading. 

They used staple markets to their advantage. 


When trading becomes the main focus we call this: Merchant captalism.


Slide 5 - Tekstslide

The Dutch East India company
Trade in Europe was the most lucrative for the Republic

But a global economy  had arisen. 
Spain and Portugal had divided the world and all sorts of new products went to Europe. 

Cane sugar, coffee, pepper, cloves. 

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

East-Indies
The Dutch wanted in on these lucrative trades. 

Merchants from the republic wanted a piece of this trade. 

In fear of competition they merged precursor companies in the Dutch East India Company. (VOC). 
They had a number of special priveliges: 
  1. Trade monopoly 
  2. Going to war

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

West India Company (WIC)
The Dutch East India company was such a succes. That merchants set up a second trading company the WIC. 

They had trade monopoly in West Africa and America. 

Privateering ( Piracy ) 

A lot of competittion of Spain, England and Portugal. 

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Slavery in the colonies
Plantations were set up in the Americas 

The natives were used as slaves at first. 

After a while they started transporting people from Africa to the Americas 

Triangular trade 

Plantation slavery 
Slavery was active in the VOC and WIC 

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

The VOC had many privileges"
What are privileges? And name two privileges.

Slide 10 - Open vraag

1602
1621
Spices
Plantation 
Pepper
Coffee
Nutmeg
Sugarcane
Suriname
Indonesia
Triangular trade

Slide 11 - Sleepvraag