COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Question
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Indonesia had lack of unity
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Indonesia people were well-educated
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Indonesia had large area
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Indonesia people could work together
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colonization of Indonesia, which was motivated by Dutch economic interests, was portrayed as a “civilizing mission, ” that is, the notion that Indonesians were primitive and backwards and that the Dutch, as Europeans, would civilize and modernise them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Parts of the Indonesian archipelago were colonized by the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Germans and the British. 2. However, after the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815, it was the Netherlands which was able to assert a dominant position across the island chain.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Dutch colonial period, a parliament-equivalent institution called Volskraad was established by the Dutch government. By March 8th 1942, the Dutch ended their 350 years of colonization in Indonesia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The archipelago we now know as Indonesia consisted of islands and estates ruled by various kingdoms and empires, sometimes living in peaceful coexistence while at other times being at state of war with each other. This vast archipelago lacked the sense of social and political unity that Indonesia has today.