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The Netherlands were apart of Holy Roman Empire, later protestant, Northern provinces weren't independence
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Portugal controlled spice trade for most of the 1500's.
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Portuguese seized the island of Goa and made it a military and comercial base
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Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
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Portuguese took Island of Malacca under Albuqerque
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Magellan claimed the Archipelago for Spain.
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Mughal Empire started 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso I rights a complaint to King John III of Portugal.
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Portuguese built trading empire in Southeast Asia.
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A Dutch Fleet returned to Asia after being absent for a year. There was a increase in oversea trade.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed in Dutch East India Company
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Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade.
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The British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.
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Britain had used its great wealth to dominate much of India.
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Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.
