Can you breif me in on how was it called the Dutch-Indies and what happened?

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Thank you for educating me on my culture.

I'm not sure which answer is going to be correct. If anyone else wants to 'put in their * two cents' please do so.

* two cents - an american slang meaning 'to put in their *knowledge'

Very interesting answers. I think I might let this go to voting.

HELP ME..... WHICH ANSWER IS CORRECT OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER VERSION?

Answer 1

The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC), chartered in 1602, concentrated Dutch trade efforts under one directorate with a unified policy. In 1605 armed Dutch merchantmen captured the Portuguese fort at Amboyna in the Moluccas, which was developed into the first secure base of the VOC. The Twelve Year's Truce signed in Antwerp in 1609 called a halt to formal hostilities between Spain (which controlled Portugal and its territories at the time) and the United Provinces. In the Indies, the foundation of Batavia formed the permanent center from which Dutch enterprises, more mercantile than colonial, could be coordinated. From it "the Dutch wove the immense web of traffic and exchange which would eventually make up their empire, a fragile and flexible one built, like the Portuguese empire, 'on the Phoenician model'." (Braudel 1984, p. 215)

One after another the Dutch took the great trading ports of the East Indies: Malacca in 1641; Achem (Aceh) the native kingdom in Sumatra, 1667; Macassar, 1669; finally Bantam itself, 1682. At the same time connections in the ports of India provided the printed cottons that the Dutch traded for pepper, the staple of the spice trade

Answer 2

What started off in the 16th century as world wide sea trade by the Dutch, resulted eventually in Dutch colonisation of what is now called Indonesia -not India - (Dutch East Indies) and areas within the Carribian like Suriname and Netherlands Antilles (Dutch West Indies).

Indonesia declared its independence in 1945, granted by the Dutch in 1950.

Suriname became independent in 1975.

The Netherlands Antilles are still Dutch property (but it is no longer considered politically correct to use the name Dutch West Indies).

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Dutch Indies... humm.. Dutch Indies are basically territories that the Dutch people claimed outside of the country the Netherlands.

Dutch-Indies means that Dutch with the native Indians (Indies). Depends on which Dutch Indies region are you talking about. I know the Dutch EAST Indies (Indonesia). The Dutch obtained Indonesia under colonialism, to the Dutch, that's like their second home (Indonesia). During the Golden Age of the Dutch in the 17th Century, Dutch sea-travelers sail across the globe to obtain lands for trades and all that to compete with other European nations.

Other Territories include Surriname, Indonesia, part of Southern India, South Africa, New York, Ariba and the Netherlands Antilles.

Answer 4

What do I get?