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Portuguese seized the island of Goa
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Portuguese captured Malacca, Massacred Musslums
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Magellan claimed the archiplago
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Netherlands were part of the Holy Roman Empire, Wanted Independence
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Portuguese built a trading empire with military and Merchant outpost along with SE Asia
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A dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam after a year with ships full of clothes, spices, and other goods
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A group of wealthy men created a company called The East India Company
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Dutch captured Malacca from Portuguese and opened trade with China
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England and France were both rising in power
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Britain used its great wealth to gain power
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Dutch maintained an empire in Europe
