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Multiple Choice Question

What was a very important resource in this time?

What does this newspaper cut off show about the East India company?

- Nutmeg was a very rare and valuable resource.

- It only grew on few small islands.

- It was very expensive from Europe to India.

- It was a small, light brownish colored nut and spice.

a. That they are very ordinary

b. These traveling salesman brought a rhynoceros to London for people to pay to see and ride

c. Exotic animals were prohibited at this time

d. None of the above

British and Dutch East India company

How did the British and Dutch East India company change the world?

This newspaper cutting, from The London Gazette of 10th October 1684, includes an advertisement for a 'Very strange Beast called a Rhynoceros'.It was not uncommon for tradesmen travelling from the East Indies to bring home strange and exotic creatures.

- The Dutch East India company was more powerful, had a lot more soldiers.

- The British East India company had less people, but was very determined to keep their land.

- They both didn't like each other at all.

- They were both trading companies.

- When the British and Dutch signed a peace treaty, The british wanted something in return, so they got a small island on the other side of the world, It was Manhattan.

Dutch East India company

This is the flag that the Dutch east India company had on their ship.

Essential question

- It was Founded by the Dutch in 1602.

- It it often considered as the first true multinational company.

- Founded to protect their trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in their war of independence from Spain.

Question: What role did scarcity of resources play in your topic? How did the Europeans handle the conflict that arose from those new meetings

Answer: Scarcity of resources was very important in this topic, when resources were low, the British and Dutch would fight over it. Most of the time, when the Dutch wanted things, they got them by overpowering the English. Especially nutmeg, which back then, a sack of it could by you a town house.

British East India company

This is the flag that the British east India company had on their ship.

- This company was formed to share in the East Indian spice trade.

- It was founded on December 31, 1600.

- It was charted by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia.

- The British only controlled 1 out of the 10 islands between them and the Dutch.

Summary

This is Manhattan

- In the end, the British failed to reach their goals and the Dutch captured all 10 islands and became the biggest company in the world, but the British received something even better.

British and Dutch East India Company

By: Thomas C, and Casey

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