How did the Dutch acquire their empire in the East Indies?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Dutch acquisition of East Indian empire
1. built up a land empire on Java, dividing kingship between rival Javanese
clients
2. landward turn did the Dutch little good
a. strength was in shipping, and a seaborne, piratical empire suited
their talents and technology
b. weakness was a shortage of manpower
c. territorial acquisitions overstretched and exhausted them
3. had little access to marketable assets
a. no gold and silver mines or sources of slaves
4. could finance inroads into eastern markets in only two ways
a. the profits of intra-Asian trade and shipping
b. diversifying into production of cash crops
1. committed themselves to seizing land by force
2. ended up with an empire whose costs exceeded its profits
c. conversion of much of Java to the cultivation of coffee closed the
gap between expenses and returns
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