History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: International Development, Malabar Coast, World-Systems Theory
3 Nov 2016
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The development of the joint stock company. Getting increasingly nervous about the dutch, ties with the dutch were starting to weaken. Started with over 200 members, grew to about 900 (still half the size of the. New constitutional organization: had a relationship with the crown, given the right to act as their alter ego (conclude international agreements, take military action, etc. , used this as an organization to move forward. Turned to people who had experience in the field. John davis- had seen what the dutch were doing, told them there were huge supplies of pepper in sumatra and the portuguese were too weak to stop the english. Very similar to the eic; independent trading company but had political support. Had more money and investors than the eic. Dutch still fighting the hapsburgs: trade and war. The voc is conceived as a part of this fight.
