3.2 - The Netherlands and Europe- II

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3.2 - The Netherlands and Europe

Success criteria

You can explain:

•  how the economy flourished in the Netherlands in the 17th century.
• how Dutch cities grew.
  
• how rules for wars formed.
  
• how the Netherlands waged war with surrounding countries.

What does NOT belong to the Golden Age?

1. prosperity
2. art
3. monarchy
4. war

The Golden Age

Most money was made in trade. Merchants bought goods and sold that again, with profit. This profit was used to buy goods again. 

= merchant capitalism

In Amsterdam, a staple market was created. 

Merchants had to store their goods 

and used warehouses as storage. 

Which product was stored the most in the warehouses?

1. spices
2. herbs
3. grain
4. weapons

Baltic Trade

The trade in grain and wood on the Baltic Sea. 

The soil on the coast was not suitable for arable farming. Grain was brought to Amsterdam from the Baltic Sea area (and stored there in the warehouses before it was sold on).

warehouses at the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam

Amsterdam 1578

Amsterdam +/- 1700

urban expansion: the canals around the city

Which of the following sentences is true?

1. In the Baltic Trade, Dutch merchants would trade with East Prussia and Poland
2. The Dutch merchants brought wood and grain and traded these for luxury products
3. The goods that were brought back were immediately sold to other countries
4. Merchants stored a lot of grain so they could help other countries when a famine broke out

Read 3.2

Questions:

1 to 9

Why was Hugo de Groot (Grotius) famous?

1. He invented international laws for warfare
2. He invented international laws for navigating the seas
3. He invented the microscope
4. He was a general of the fleet of the Republic

Peace was signed with Spain in 1648.

(Vrede van Münster) 

The new (economic) enemies became France and England; with the low point being the Disaster Year of 1672

(het Rampjaar).

Dutch warfare

What does this video tell you about warfare in the Republic?

What did the video tell you about warfare in the Republic?

Success criteria

You can explain:

•  how the economy flourished in the Netherlands in the 17th century.
• how Dutch cities grew.
  
• how rules for wars formed.
  
• how the Netherlands waged war with surrounding countries.

-Continue working on exercises 1 to 9

- Done? Answer the learning goals