Trade and Industry in the Dutch Republic

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'Trade and Industry in the Dutch Republic'

2.1

16/09/2022

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1. The economy of the Dutch Republic.
2. Breaktime
3. Specerijen

After this lesson you can..

• .. give a description of the economy of the Republic.
  
• .. what role the VOC and WIC had in the world economy.
  
• ..make a connection between the triangular trade, the slave trade and slavery.

Slavenhandel

Tijd van Ontdekkers en Hervormers/Tijd van Regenten en Vorsten

1500-1600 & 1600-1700

Trade in the Republic

Merchants and craftsmen flee to Holland.

Merchant capitalism

Merchant capitalism; trading for profits is the main focus for the economy.

Working Together

Traders start working together in one company;

Dutch East India Company (1602)

VOC

West India Company (1621)

WIC

VOC

• Monopoly

• Spices from India; pepper, nutmeg, mace and cloves.

• Trade or War?

WIC

• Monopoly in West-Indies.

• Privateering = Kaapvaart

• Triangular Trade

Atlas Mayor

Slavery

Slaves             Slave made

Slave Trade; buying and selling of slave made people.

Slavery; using slave made people. 

Slavery

Slave Trade

Assignment:

Analyze the spices before you in teams. Do this by smelling, tasting and looking.

Homework for next lesson:

Read: Section 2.1

Make: 4, 7, 8, 11 and 13

After this lesson you can..

• .. give a description of the economy of the Republic.
  
• .. what role the VOC and WIC had in the world economy.
  
• ..make a connection between the triangular trade, the slave trade and slavery.

Slavenhandel

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