The States General merged competing Dutch pre-companies into the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) and gave it a monopoly over Dutch trade in a vast area between the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Magellan. The charter also delegated powers to make treaties, build forts, appoint officials, maintain armed forces, and wage war. The company therefore operated as a commercial enterprise with state-backed coercive and governmental authority.
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What did the 1602 VOC charter grant the company?
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The charter joined commercial monopoly with delegated state powers.
The 1602 VOC charter gave the company only ordinary commercial powers.
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It also granted powers such as treaty-making, fort-building, and warfare.