Indonesia By: 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 ( ) ●Indonesia proclaimed independence in 1945 ●became independent from the Indonesian national revolution ( )

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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