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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  \n1700s: 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  \noutposts (especially Spice Islands)  \nThe Spanish  \n1521: Magellan claims Philippines  \nfrom Spain  \n1520s-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 1700s: European traders begin to enter  \nmainland India along the coast  \nWhy? °Mughals do not initially see  \nEuropeans as a threat  \n°Europeans want Indian textiles How? °Warehouses and forts at coastal ports  \n°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)  \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  \nRobert Clive (1725-1774)  \n•British East India Company agent  \n•Commands British and Indian troops (sepoys) to defeat French in India  \n•Gains control over Bengal and begins collecting taxes  \n•British East India Company uses Bengal as a launching pad for controlling India  \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?","cbCaiogsJy8EzdNV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiogsJy8EzdNV","pdf",454206,"English","# European expansion and trade motives\n## The Portuguese\n## The Dutch\n## The Spanish\n# European entry into Mughal India\n## Why and how Europeans gained footholds\n# European ascendancy and the road to British dominance\n## Decline of Mughal central authority\n## Britain vs. France\n## Robert Clive\n# Review questions","[{\"question\":\"What attracted Europeans to Asia in the early empire-building period?\",\"answer\":\"Europeans were primarily attracted by the spice trade and opportunities for profitable trading, including controlling routes and access to valuable goods.\"},{\"question\":\"Which European nation was first to acquire trading rights around the Indian Ocean, according to the handout’s timeline?\",\"answer\":\"The Portuguese were the earliest major power described, establishing control through outposts and forts in the Indian Ocean region.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Great Britain come to dominate India?\",\"answer\":\"Britain competed with France, strengthened its position through the British East India Company, and gained control of Bengal. 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