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How did the dutch merchants make there profit during the 1500s?
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How did the dutch merchants make there profit during the 1500s?
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What advantage did English and Dutch merchants have over the Portuguese merchants?
The English and Dutch merchants had more powerful and faster ships, joint-stock companies and cheaper ships.
What European country ended the dominance of Arab and Islamic traders in the Indian Ocean trade by the 1500s?
The British, Portuguse, and the Dutch during the 17th century.
What was significant about the dutch east India company during the 1500s?
The Dutch West India Company was important because it was the first multinational corporation ever created. This company is credited with being the first to provide stocks.
What country did Hudson sail for?
He sailed for English and then Dutch Merchants.
The Dutch English and French explorers of the 1500s and 1600s were seeking?
The Dutch, English, and French explorers of the 1500s and 1600s were seeking new trade routes to Asia, valuable resources such as spices and gold, and opportunities for colonization to expand their empires. They were motivated by a desire to increase wealth, power, and influence in the growing global economy.
What did they trade in Ancient Benin?
They mainly traded cotton; however, in the 1600s, Dutch merchants went to Benin and traded pepper. The cotton was the largest trade because it because a main focal point in Benin to weave cloths. The making of cloth spread locally throughout Benin, which occured in the 1500s.
Which group came to north america for the same reason that the puritans came?
dutch merchants
Who was the English sailor hired by dutch merchants to explore North America?
Henry Hudson
Where did chai tea originate?
Tea originates from China. It was from there, Persian travelers took it with them. They called it Chaí, which is Farsi for "green juice". Arabian merchants too it to the Arabic world, and in the 1500s and 1600s, the Dutch took it with them, calling it "thee'', from which the word "tea" comes.
What European groups established trading ports along the coast of South Asia in the 1500s?
Portuguese, Dutch, British, French
What jobs did the dutch colonists have in New York?
traders,merchants, farmers,brewers,sailors,innkeepers
What country did Henry Hudson sail for?
Greenland and England
