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Control of the spice trade How? Firepower  \nWhere? Indian Ocean and around Africa  \nThe Dutch  \n1599: Dutch fleet returns with Asian  \nspices  \n1602: Dutch East India Company forms  \n1641: Take Malacca from Portuguese and  \nbegin trading with China 1700s: Decline due to rising power of France  \nand England  \nWhy? Interest in spices and trading  \nHow? Warships, trading vessels, and Dutch East  \nIndia Company  \nWhere? Cape Town (Africa) and Indian Ocean outposts (especially Spice Islands)  \nSlide 4  \nSlide 5  \nSlide 6  \nThe Spanish  \n1521: Magellan claims Philippines  \nfrom Spain 1520s-1570s: Archipelago conquered  \nWhy? Spanish link to Asia  \nHow? Military and missionaries  \nWhere? Silver from Spanish America  \npassed through on its way to buy goods in China  \nIndia under the Mughals  \n1526: Babur founds the Mughal dynasty  \n1700s: European traders begin to enter mainland India along the coast  \nWhy? °Mughals do not initially see Europeans as a threat °Europeans want Indian textiles  \nHow? °Warehouses and forts at coastal ports °Europeans already on mainland as Mughal rule breaks down  \nWhere? European rule begins in Bengal  \nEuropean Ascendancy in India  \n•Religious toleration ends  \n•Hindu and Muslim princes begin fighting  \n•Europeans play princes against one another Civil wars  \nTax increases  \nPeasant unrest  \n•India’s central government collapses  \n•British and French trading companies hire their own Indian troops (sepoys)  \nSlide 7  \nSlide 8  \nSlide 9  \nBritain vs. France  \n•1740-1748: War of the Austrian Succession (also known as King George’s War)  \n•1756-1763: Seven Years’War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War)  \n•Britain and France compete for world domination  \n•Britain and France both have trading operations in India  \n\n| Robert Clive (1725-1774) |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| | •British East India Company agent\u003Cbr>•Commands British and Indian troops (sepoys) to defeat French in India\u003Cbr>•Gains control over Bengal and begins collecting taxes\u003Cbr>•British East India Company uses Bengal as a launching pad for controlling India |\n\nSlide 10  \nQuestions  \n•What attracted Europeans to Asia?  \n•Which European nation was the first to acquire trading rights around the Indian Ocean?  \n•What role did the Philippines play in Spain’s global trading empire?  \n•How did Great Britain come to dominate India?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |","cbCaifU73TjEi9aZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifU73TjEi9aZ","pdf",322068,"English","# Europeans in Asia: The Early Years of Empire Building\n## The Portuguese\n## The Dutch\n## The Spanish\n## India under the Mughals\n## European Ascendancy in India\n## Britain vs. France\n## Robert Clive\n## Questions","[{\"question\":\"What attracted Europeans to Asia in the early years described here?\",\"answer\":\"The slides emphasize interest in spices and trading, driving European powers to seek access and control of trade routes and goods.\"},{\"question\":\"Which European nation acquired trading rights around the Indian Ocean first, according to the timeline?\",\"answer\":\"The sequence highlights Portuguese control beginning in the 1500s through outposts and forts, indicating Portugal as the earliest major power in the story.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Great Britain come to dominate India in this material?\",\"answer\":\"Great Britain is shown competing with France, then gaining control in Bengal via British East India Company actions, supported by military leadership such as Robert Clive, while leveraging India’s internal decline and conflict.\"}]","Europeans in Asia - The Early Years of Empire Building | PDF"]