IndonesiaBy: Alex Li, James Gallagher, AJ Uhl

The Dutch East Indies

Indonesia in 1750

• in the late 1700s the dutch had capitalized on Indonesian ports after receiving land in Indonesia from England

• Using these ports the Dutch were able to then dominate the trading world

• The dutch wanted these ports to

gain access to resources for

industrialization

Dutch Imperialism of Indonesia• The Dutch used Indonesia to receive profit from

their exports

• It would be this profit that would continue to fuel Dutch industrialization and further imperialism

Dutch Contro

• The Dutch did not want the Indonesians to self-govern themselves.

• They employed direct control through the Dutch East India company (VOC)

• After their bankruptcy, the government took control and implemented indentured servitude.

• There was some dispute during wars, but the counsel of Vienna allowed the Dutch to keep their sphere of influence over Indonesia.

Policies

• The Indos were viewed as Europeans under Dutch law, and allowed to serve in local administration

• This gave them a “sense” of being Dutch, which helped instill loyalty and repelled desires for independence

• Put in the Cultivation System: peasant and farmers were forced to grow commercial crops for the dutch

• Local insurgents were put down by the Dutch’s superior strength

Changes• All fertile land was used for Dutch plantations

• Lower classes were exploited and suffered from awful conditions and lack of food

• Schools set up to educate the Indonesians

• Many Europeans migrated to the area, increasing its population

Road to Independence

● Dutch wanted to Annex the Archipelago of Indonesia

● took it because they wanted to be the main sea power

● Dutch took it in the Aceh War (1873-1914)● Indonesia proclaimed independence in 1945● became independent from the Indonesian

national revolution (1945-1949)

Long-Term effects

● The dutch exploited the people and the land● took a lot of their resources● Education was improved and scholars were

introduced to ideas of liberty, equality, and western thinking

● Indonesia turned into one big place for hard labor on crops

● Without the Dutch, Indonesia would not be a modernized country today

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