COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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British
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French
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Dutch
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Portuguese
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Netherlands Government ruled the colony from 1816 to 1941, before the Japanese occupation which lasted until 1945. An Independent republic, Indonesia, was proclaimed on 17 August 1945.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1600s, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) began colonizing parts of Indonesia. After the abolition of the VOC in 1796, the Dutch government gained control over Indonesia, which was then referred to as the Netherlands East Indies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dutch Empire lasted for three and a half centuries, both in the east and west of the globe. The majority of the Dutch Empire’s economy was concentrated on the East Indies and only a small part of their focus was on the West Indies.
Detailed explanation-4: -New Netherland reached its maximum size after the Dutch absorbed the Swedish settlement of Fort Christina in 1655, thereby ending the North American colony of New Sweden.