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1500
Netherlands
Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant Northern Province want independence. -
Period: 1500 to
Spice Control
Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia. -
1510
Goa
Portuguese seize island of Goa to make a military/commercial base. -
Period: 1510 to 1560
Trading Empire
Portuguese built trading empire with military and merchant outposts in Southeast Asia. -
1511
Malacca
Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque. -
Period: 1520 to 1570
*Colonization of Philippines
Within about 50 years Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippines. -
1521
Philippines
Magellan claimed the archipelago (Philippines) for Spain.* -
1526
Mughal Empire
Mughal Empire started and for 200 years was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal. -
Asian Trade
Dutch return w/ships from Asia full of spices, leading to an increase in overseas trade. -
Dutch East India Company
A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company. -
Chinese Trade
Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China. -
Period: to
The 1700s
All of the 1700s: Growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch Trading Empire in the East.
Mid-1700s: The British and the French had become locked in bitter struggle for global power.
Late 1700s: Britain has used it's great wealth to dominate much of India. -
Indonesian Empire
The Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.