CHAPTER NINE- TWO MORE EMPIRES, TWO REBELLIONS
The Dutch East Indies
I. The Dutch takeover of the East Indies
A. Began with merchants building trading posts
B. Continued when the Dutch government took over the trading posts (and the islands)
C. Agreement between Dutch and British made Acheh a neutral zone
D. Dutch profited from gold, rubies, sapphires, coal, coffee, tea, rubber and the works of farmers who had grown crops for them
E. Invasion of Aceh because Acheh encouraged rebellion.
II. The Dutch war with Acheh
A. Lasted over thirty years
B. Involved the famous freedom fighter Tjoet Nhak
C. Dutch triumph in 1903
D. Dutch spent all the money they had made on the war
