Essay On Indonesia Imperialism

After studying the two cases of imperialism; one of India, and one of several countries in Africa, for my project I have decided to research the nineteenth century colony of Indonesia. I feel very motivated about researching this country, especially since I spend 3 years of my life living there. Unfortunately, while I was live there, I was both unable and too young to pick up o the local history, and I only managed to get a grasp of what had happened to this great country that I was living in. That is why for this investigation , I have decided to research the colonization of Indonesia, using the internet as my main resource, along with one class period spend in the school library.

NARRATIVE: The Dutch control in Indonesia started as early as the 17th century. However, for a long time there was a fierce competition, and
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