Dutch colonial government

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The Dutch colonial government was the administrative authority of the Netherlands in its overseas territories, most notably the Dutch East Indies, where it imposed exploitative economic and political systems on colonized populations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government
administrativeLanguage Dutch
appliedToTerritory Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Cape Colony
linked to: Cape Colony

Dutch Ceylon
Dutch East Indies
Dutch Formosa
linked to: Formosa

Dutch Gold Coast
Dutch West Indies
linked to: Dutch Caribbean

Netherlands Antilles
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
Suriname
capitalInMainColony Batavia
Jakarta
characterizedBy economic exploitation
political repression
racial hierarchy
colonialPower Netherlands
country Kingdom of the Netherlands
economicPolicy monopoly trade
resource extraction
economicSystem Cultivation System
forced labor
plantation economy
endCentury 20th century
endedInMainColony 1949
endedInTerritory Suriname 1975
imposedOn Indigenous peoples in the Caribbean
Indonesian population
enslaved Africans
legacy Dutch-speaking Caribbean territories
formation of Indonesia
legalSystem Dutch colonial law
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
mainColony Dutch East Indies
maintainedInstitution Council of the Indies
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Volksraad of the Dutch East Indies
notableEvent Aceh War
Indonesian National Revolution
Java War
linked to: Java
politicalSystem authoritarian rule
indirect rule
religiousPolicy Christian missionary support
regulation of Islam
startCentury 17th century

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Cultivation System implementedBy Dutch colonial government
Dutch Ethical Policy implementedBy Dutch colonial administration
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Herman Willem Daendels employer Dutch colonial administration
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Hubertus van Mook employer Government of the Dutch East Indies
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Indonesian declaration of independence legalStatusChallengedBy Dutch colonial authorities
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck employer Colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Sutan Sjahrir detainedBy Dutch colonial authorities
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge employer Colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Javanese people of Suriname broughtBy Dutch colonial authorities
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Hubertus van Mook employer Government of the Dutch East Indies
subject linked to: van Mook
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Hendrik Merkus de Kock partOf Dutch colonial administration in the East Indies
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz politicalEntityServed Dutch East Indies government
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Tugu Yogyakarta reconstructedBy Dutch colonial government
Kweekschool Fort de Kock operatedBy Dutch colonial government
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge partOf Dutch colonial administration
subject linked to: Bonifacius
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Geneeskundige Hogeschool te Batavia operatedUnder Dutch colonial administration
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Malays in Sri Lanka broughtBy Dutch colonial authorities
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Saramaka treatyWith Dutch colonial authorities
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Ndyuka recognizedBy Dutch colonial government
Prince Diponegoro conflictOpponent Dutch East Indies colonial government
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Japanese landings in the Moluccas opponent Netherlands East Indies colonial administration
linked to: Dutch colonial government
Snouck Hurgronje employer Government of the Dutch East Indies
linked to: Dutch colonial government