Trading Post Empires
European-controlled settlements that were mainly established to facilitate trade rather than to conquer entire countries.
What are trading-post empires?
What made Spanish takeover of the Philippines so easy?
China and Japan were not interested in the islands, so there was virtually no competition for them.
The Dutch focused heavily on acquiring these goods in their takeover.
What are spices?
The main motivator for the Portuguese and other groups to set up trading post empires
What is the acquisition of hard-to-find commodities such as spices and luxury goods?
Tactics Spain used to establish colonies in the Philippines.
What are small-scale military operations and local alliances/gifts to chiefs?
British strategy to acquire the Mughal Empire.
What is gaining permission from Mughal authorities and offering bribes?
Strategies the Portuguese used to set up their trading-post empires.
What is force, setting up bases at key locations (forced duties on merchants), and killing those who resisted?
After taking control of the Philippines, Spanish missionaries helped transform the island into this kind of outpost.
What is Christian outpost?
Unlike the Dutch, the British completely avoided competing for spices because of this limitation.
What is not being as well-financed as the Dutch?