COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Diamonds
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Oil
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Slaves
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Spices
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Detailed explanation-1: -The rubber plantations and oil fields of the Dutch East Indies were considered crucial for the Japanese war effort.
Detailed explanation-2: -This was a big blow to the Allies. The Dutch East Indies produced a lot of oil and yielded other important commodities such as bauxite (for aluminium) and rubber. These now came into the hands of Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dutch East Indies, also called Netherlands East Indies, Dutch Nederlands Oost-Indië or Nederlandsch-Indië, one of the overseas territories of the Netherlands until December 1949, now Indonesia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Dutch established a monopoly on the spice trade from the Moluccas . They gained control over the clove trade through an alliance with the sultan of Ternate in the Moluccas in 1607.