26.4 The Dutch East Indies – Flashcards
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Which island, that the Dutch ruled, did the British later take over?
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Java ????☕️
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In extending their rule, what did the ditch and the british have in common?
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They brought diverse peoples with different languages and distinct cultural traditions into a single political entity.
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What did the Dutch inadvertently create as a foundation?
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The modern day Indonesia—the worlds fourth most populous nation
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After the Dutch came in to rule in Java what did the Javanese do?
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As it was progressing as a bureaucratic state, Javanese got angered because the Dutch were interested in conquering the whole island. This Javanese resistance against the Dutch led to the Java War.
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How long did the Java War last?`
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5 years (1825-1830)
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What did the Dutch do in Java politically?
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They abolished the combination of tribute from rulers and forced labor from peasants that they had used to obtain spices. They also established a specifically exploitive policy called the Culture System.
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Under the Culture System, what were peasants forced to do?
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They were forced or plan ya fifth of their land in export crops, more specifically coffee and sugar
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What did the Culture system result in?
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the bringing of dutch shipping and bringing intercontinental commerce back to life
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At the end of the nineteenth century what occurred?
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the Dutch began to encourage western education in the east indies.
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What did this spread of Western education cause?
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The children of local rulers and privileged elites encountered new ideas in Dutch-language schools; they began to question the long-standing cooperation of local elites with Dutch colonialism, and they searched for a new national identity; resulting in anticolonial nationalism beginning to take shape in the East Indies in the early twentieth century
