NARRATIVE: The Dutch control in Indonesia started as early as the 17th century. However, for a long time there was a fierce competition, and …show more content…
It really is a shame that Indonesia was unable to profit from their own abundance of natural resources. If Indonesia had had the opportunity to exploit and trade their own resources to fill in their own needs, it is almost certain that Indonesia would be in a much better economical state then it currently is. This makes it easy to conclude, that colonization had a negative effect on the overall development of Indonesia, and it would have been better for Indonesia if the Netherlands had stayed away. However, the Netherlands are very fortunate to have had access to such a rich colony, for their current economical prowess can mostly be traced back to the riches gained from this colony. In the end, it is once again the colonizer that ended up better, when looking at the situation of both countries today, and it is a pity that a great country like Indonesia had to be crippled so early on in its development, by an outside forced which was nearly impossible to