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Age of Imperialism
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The Treaty of Amiens
Britian's newly claimed land was to be restored to the Dutch by the Treaty of Amiens. War broke out soon after and Britian ended up keeping all of the land. Britian then tried to invaded Java wipping out the Dutch intirely. ThIs was very concerning for the Dutch because they needed the land for trade and to help bring resources back to the homeland. -
Herman Willem Daendels becomes governor general of the Netherlands East Indies
Louis Bonaparte became King of the Netherlands in 1806, and appointed Herman Willem Daendels, a Dutch Jacobin, as the governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies. Daendels standardized commercial arrangements, codified the laws, formalized judiciary system, reduced the power of Chinese businessmen, improved the sanitary conditions in Batavia, fortified the city, and moved much of the army out of Batavia where they were vulnerable to the British Army and into Meester Cornelis. -
British Chase Janssens
When Napoleon added the Netherlands to his empire, Daendels was recalled from his position and was replaced with Jan Willem Janssens who ruled a more comfortable approach, and he was less decisive. Right after he arrived, British governor-general of India, Lord Minto led a force of 9,000 soldiers into Batavia, and Janssens retreated to Meester Cornelis, while the British took Batavia, and then they surrounded Meester Cornelis, and Janssens fled south and then he surrendered north of Yogjakart. -
The Convention of London
The Convention of London took place after the Napoleonic wars around 1815. It was decided that all of the lands the British claimed after 1803 from the Dutch would therefore be returned to the Dutch. The dutch were very happy about this and thanked the French. The convention of London got the Dutch their land back. -
Rebuilding Dutch Rule
The Dutch reestablished their rule of Java in 1830, and built a new governing structure for the region. A new school was established in the Netherlands to educate people about the history and culture of the Dutch East Indies. The Islands of Java and Madura were the economic and governing core of the colonies. -
Monarchy
The kind of rule that the Dutch East Indies had was a Monarchy. The country was under the direct authourity of the Dutch King. This was the most common rule in the 19th century. The country treated there people very unfair and there was some problems over ethical fairness sometimes. There was aslo rules and guidelines they had to follow. They had harsh pentalties if they didnt obey those guidelines. -
Why the Dutch East Indies was important to have
The "Netherlands Indies" was important to the Dutch because they got profits from coffee, tobacco, and oil which was good for their economy, this helped their ecnoomy alot. Soon the goverment started to spend alot more money to help the Netherland Indies then it was collecting money from the Indies in revenues. Also the revenues were also used to help finance the Dutch military. -
Dutch exploit natural resources
During the time of the rubber boom, the Dutch established rubber plantations and Tin mines on top of the already existing rice, livestock, and fishing industries in the Dutch East Indies. Mining companies came in and turned the land into a "moonscape." The dutch made a lot of money from this too. -
The Netherlands expand the boundaries of the Dutch East Indies
The Netherlands didn't annex the north of Sumatra which was controlled by the Aceh sultans until after the Acehnese war, which was from 1873 until 1904. Then in 1906, the Dutch invaded Bali, and tore apart the Balinese nobility who were the resistance, and were able to take over that as well. -
The Netherlands' method of controlling their colonies
The Dutch controlled trade in Borneo, the Celebes, and the rest of the Sunda islands, but not the events that happened. In the Molaccas, the Dutch controlled the population a lot more tightly by building schools, churches, and converted people to join the Dutch Reformed Church.
