5.3 Nederlands Indie

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

5.3 The Dutch East Indies

5.2 You can skip the part about Great-Britain

Creation of the Dutch East Indies

* Starting trading posts

* Take over areas in the Dutch East Indies

* Govern Dutch East Indies

Administration of the Dutch East Indies

* Too few Dutch administrators

* Indirect rule

- Governor-general-> assisted by Dutch officials

- Local princes -> Controlled by the Dutch

Divide and rule policy

* Favoured some native princes

* Prevent princes from joining forces

* Prevent revolts

Inequality

Dutch people

Indo-Dutch

Native population

5.3 Cultivation system

Cultivation system

* Profitable -> Exploitation

* 20% land must grow coffee, tobacco or sugar

Results cultivation system

* Profit

* Starving

* Unhappy businessmen  -> no companies in the Dutch East Indies

Free labour

* 1870 cultivation system abolished

* Businessmen could start their own buisness

* Local wage labourers -> buy European products

Changes after 1900

* Well-being of the population

* Hospitals and infrastructure

* Civilize -> schools

* Ethical politics

How does the cultivation system work for the farmers?

1. You may keep all your land
2. You have to give 1/5 part to the Dutch
3. You have to grow spices for the Dutch
4. You have to build a trading monopoly

What was cultivated for the cultivation system?

1. Coffee, tabacco and sugar
2. Spices
3. Bananas
4. Potatoes

What was the purpose of the cultural system?

1. To get more power
2. Bringing culture to Indonesia
3. Making the colony profitable
4. Trading spices

What was the main criticism on the cultivation system?

1. It wasn't profitable
2. Not the right culture products
3. The kings had too much power
4. The system provides forms of forced labor and slavery

1

4

2

3

Cultural system is largely abolished

Farmers in Indonesia are exploited

Businessmen are critical

Cultivation system is introduced

Sleep naar het juiste vak:

VOC

Cultivation system

1602-1799

1830-1870

Trading colonie

South east Asia

The Dutch East Indies

Spices

Coffee, tabacco, sugar

Assignment

Make the assignments from 5.3

3, 6, 7, 8 en 12

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