Dutch_Republic

Dutch Republic Dutch Republic The decline of naval and trading superiority experienced by the Dutch began because of the lack of strong leadership after William III died and because there wasn’t another strong stadholder, the wars with France and England, the lost of technological advances once the British caught up, the domestic industries losing in the competition with British merchants, and the reality that the Dutch couldn’t compete in overseas markets with larger powers such as France and Britain all lead to the economic decline of the Republic. Prior to 1650 the Dutch Republic was dominated financially, politically and economically by Amsterdam, the leading banking city in Europe. The Dutch prospered from the Domestic industries of fishing, boat building, textiles and banking. The Dutch were also the most technologically advanced sailors in Europe. The British and French demonstrate that a strong central power is necessary to maintain power on a world scale. The Republic doesn’t have this unity after William III dies, “the government of the Dutch Republic is shattered and divided,” as stated in document 4. Holland is also the only wealthy province, due to the banking industry of Amsterdam and therefore has to have the burden of financing all wars for the dutch, republic, england, british, france, document, size, wars, industries, economic, shows, power, french, because, war, trading, strong, out, navy, competition, compete, banking, william, way, vulnerable, unity, trade, towards, therefore, technologically, south, ships, shippers, scale, preserve, part, overseas, million, markets, longer, location, leaving, larger, lack, king, industry, iii, fought, effort, economy, economically