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The VOC was basically it's own country. They were dominant of their government sponsorships. The VOC commonly used violence in order to make a profit.
Were there any other groups/countries trying to monopolize world spices as the same time as the VOC? -EB

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Their are 17 members in the VOC.
They can go to war whenever because they had military support.
They monopolized the spice trade by being stationed in Indonesia and attacking rival ships.

BL

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The Dutch VOC survive because the Dutch government backed them up with money and an army and navy. Without this government sponsorship, the VOC would have never survived.
Like certain American colonists, the VOC made trade deals that benefitted themselves and when the indigenous people groups violated some obscure clause, the VOC pounced on the opportunity to subdue the native peoples and make a buck.

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1) The voc was essentially a government within a government, sponsored by the Dutch.
2) Dutch achieved a monopoly on trading goods and services

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1)The VOC used military force
2)They had little debt and made lots of small investments
3)The VOC was sponsored by the Dutch government
Question:Were there any other groups trying to monopolize the spice trade at the same time?
-LC

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VOC operated in their own, separated from the government. So it's own sovereign society. It also interfered with the trade of spices, eventually taking it over. All related to the Dutch, and how they used a militarsitc apporach to do this.

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-Dutch East India Company was known as the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC).
-Run by a 17 member group called the Heeren XVII.
-VOC was operated as a state with in a state.
Question: What other groups rivaled the Dutch?
-KC

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The Dutch used force to gain stronger access to the spice trade

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The VOC was separate from the government, they operated as their own state.
Although they ran as an independent state they had no ties to the people like an actual government would.
They monopolized the spice trade
How were they able to monopolize the spice trade?
LB

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1. VOC took over spice trade
2. Had trade based on military force
3. Was sponsored by Dutch government
Question: Did the VOC have any other big competitors?
RO

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Dutch had a monopoly on trade
VOC controlled a sovereign state within a state
VOC separated itself from government.
Why were the Dutch so money driven?

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1. The VOC was sovereign from the Dutch government, so they were effectively a a government withing a government.
2. There also traded stock (Somewhat like the modern sense) so they "shared" the risk of ships.
3. They had a near monopoly on the spice trade in the East Indies for a long time (and with that comes massive profit.)
Q. How do companies like the VOC compare to the mega-companies of today?
(Cody Hansen)

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1.The VOC essentially operated as a sovereign state within a state.
2. The VOC ran like a country but had no responsibilities to people, all it had to do was make money.
3.VOC was successful due to government sponsorship with $ and military support.

4.why did the Dutch have little opposition in taking over the spice market?

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1. The VOC lowered risk for trading by sharing stock in ships. It was less risk to have 1/10 of 10 ships then have one whole ship.
2. The VOC was just supposed to help make a better economy but it became its own country for the most part.
3. Made monopolies of the spice trade by military force.
4.  Were slaves used for the production of spices like they were for sugar? Or only for sugar and tobacco because they were cash crops?
GW

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The Dutch were able to monopolize the spice trade and create the VOC.
They used violence to establish an overrun of the spice making islands.
The VOC eventually died down as demand for the spices stopped and people started wanting sugar more.
How were they able to monopolize and take over the trade market?
Am

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Is another state

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Their are 17 members in the VOC.
The VOC could go to war.

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Dutch people had a thing called VOC and it was like a state within a State.

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Dutch people had a thing called VOC and it was like a state within a State.

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The Dutch needed more power and money so they took over spice trade and one main spice was nutmeg
Dutch used military and navy to force people and scare people and were able to fund these because of the low interest rates so they could borrow more

P.M.

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