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The Dutch East India Company (the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) was created mainly for trade, exploration, and colonization of Indonesia. The Dutch competed against other European countries to have colonies in Indonesia
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The Dutch East India Company had conflicts with the English East India Company, from 1611 – 1617
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The Dutch gained land and started to colonize and compete against the Portuguese and the British, they fought the Portuguese away from their fort in western Timor.
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The Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company began a partnership that lasted until the English East India Company moved their trading posts.
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War between the Netherlands and Britain prevented the VOC from shipping its goods in 1780-1784
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This treaty divided the Malay Archipelago into two parts: one ruled by the UK and the Dutch East Indies or the islands of present day Indonesia, ruled by the Netherlands.
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Netherlands Indies forces enter southern Bali for the first time, moving through Karangasem and Klungkung to put down resistance.
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Slavery officially ends in the Netherlands Indie
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The PNI (Nationalist Party of Indonesia) was founded by Sukarno. This party was another attempt to overthrow the Dutch.
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Dutch colonial forces surrendered to the Japanese invaders, and even though the Indonesians showed gratitude, the Japanese didn’t treat them well.
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The Indonesians rebelled and declared independence, so a new Indonesian government was established.
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The Indonesian National Revolution was a conflict between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire, and an internal social revolution.
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New Republic of Indonesia consists of 8 provinces: Sumatra, Borneo, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Sunda Kecil.
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The Dutch were trying to re-gain Indonesia as a colony again, but the nationalists of Indonesia fought against the Dutch to remain an independent nation.
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Indonesia was granted independence from a conference in the Hague, Indonesia was known as a new independent nation, under President Sukarno.
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Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro outlined a military procurement wish list that included: tanks, multiple launch rocket systems, a missile destroyer, South Korean submarines, and retrofits for the Air Force’s F-16s.
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