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Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
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Netherlands were part of Holy Roman Empire later Protestant Northern Provinces want Independence
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Portuguese seize island of Goa to make a military/commercial base.
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Spain had conqured and colonized the Philippine Islands.
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Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts, and built trading empire in SE Asia.
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Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque.
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Magellan had claimed the archipelago(Philippines) for Spain.
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Mughal Empire started and for 200 yrs was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. Affonso I, writes a complaint letter to King John lll of Portugal.
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Dutch return w/ships from Asia leading to an increase in oversea trade.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company.
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Dutch capture Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade w/China.
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Growing power of England and France contribute to the decline of the Dutch trading Empire in the East.
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The British and French locked in 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 empire in Indonesia.
