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- “Companies like the Dutch East India Company were granted monopolies on trade, and they engaged in daring voyages to foreign places”.
- “They could acquire exotic goods, establish colonies, create military forces, and even initiate wars or conflicts around the world”.
- “In France, the wealth of Louisiana was exaggerated in a marketing scheme for the newly formed Mississippi Company”.
- The South Sea Company was granted a monopoly by the British monarchy to trade with South America.
