COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: (a) Blandongdiensten System was introduced by the Dutch in Indonesia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dutch imposed rents on land being cultivated in the forest and then exempted some villages from these rents if they worked collectively to provide free labour and buffaloes for cutting and transporting timber. This was known as Blandongdiensten system.
Detailed explanation-3: -The forest law known as the Blandongdiensten System was introduced by the Dutch in Java. But commercial necessity forced the Dutch authority to make amendments in laws. So, some villages were exempted from rent.
Detailed explanation-4: -Imposing of rents on the lands which were a cultivated in the forests. Exemption to some villages under certain. Collective work by the villagers to provide free labour and buffaloes for cutting and transporting timber.
Detailed explanation-5: -Scorched-earth policy was a military strategy adopted by the Dutch during the Second World War. Dutch troops deliberately torched everything to destroy Javanese resources like wood, so that it would not fall into the hands of the Japanese, who also colonised Indonesia.