Since then, Indonesia had been taken over by the British government. Finally, the Dutch were forced to surrender to the British, and signed the Treaty of Tuntang Capitulation in 1811. Moreover, with Jansens was typically weak and had incompetent attitude. By the British government, this was used to attack Dutch rule. In the time of Jansens’ authorization, Dutch rule in Indonesia was already very faded. See also: Historical Earthquakes in IndonesiaĪfter Daendels’ quit from Indonesia, Dutch resent a new leader. However, because of getting caught in violating the Law that regulates the sale of state-owned land Illegally, Daendels was withdrawn from his post. Some of the workers even died or murdered while building the highway.
It was famous with kerja Rodi which meant the Indonesians local people worked continuously under pressure without any foods, wage, and the proper of rest time. The Dutch under Daendels authorization built a highway from Anyer to Panarukan, by establishing a system of forced labor / corvee work for the people of Indonesia. Under the leading of Daendels, Dutch even do much more cruel actions which didn’t care about humanity. He was commissioned by the Dutch king to regulate Indonesia, preserving Indonesia from the British royal offensive and regulating the welfare. The Dutch appointed Sir Herman William Daendels as Governor for Indonesia. The end of VOC was not the end of Dutch’s effort to colonize Indonesia. The colonialism under Daendels’ authority.These were the reasons for the dissolution of the VOC that marked the end of the Dutch trade monopoly through the VOC. The VOC suffered much defeat in the war.Debt caused by war against the Indonesian nation and other countries.Employees who were not competent in trading monopolies.See also: History of Gamelan in IndonesiaĪfter 1799, the VOC went bankrupt. See also: History of Indonesian Literature They began to monopolize the trade of Banten. However, after gaining huge profits, the Dutch began to show their arrogance again.
The Dutch came back to Indonesia with their original intention to trade spices. The Dutch merchants were welcomed by the local people of Banten because Jacob van Neck had learned from the mistakes of Corneulis de Houtman. Two years later, the Dutch tried to come back to Banten with the new leader, Jacob van Neck. However, due to Dutch’s bad attitude and rude manner in monopolizing Indonesian trade, the locals Banten assisted by the Portuguese expelled them to go out from Indonesia.
At the first, they received a warm welcome from the local community. Finally, on April 2, 1595, they went to Banten to find spices with four ships named Amsterdam, Hollandia, Mauritius and Duyfken.Ĭournelis de Houtman troops finally arrived in Banten on June 27, 1596. In 1594 they founded a company called Compagnie van Verre (remote company). The decision made that Banten was the best place to buy spices. After getting information, they were back to Netherlands.