When the Dutch colonized Dutch East Indies, they brought about many social changes, like introducing Dutch East Indies to a wider variety of crops, and starting rapid population growth in the country.
Wide variety of crops
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| Sugar |
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| Coffee |
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| Cinnamon |
After the Dutch colonization, more varieties of crops are grown in Dutch East Indies - sugar, coffee, cinnamon, and pepper just to name a few. The Dutch requires the people to cultivate these highly valued crops to raise sufficient funds to meet their land-tax commitment. It is a drastic change from simply growing the staple foods such as rice. Because of this, the amount of export crops from Dutch East Indies increased greatly, resulting in handsome profits to repay the Dutch for the costly colonial administration in Java. Dutch East Indies offers a wide variety of foods that will leave you spoilt for choice, don’t miss out on this!
Rapid population growth
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| Terrace Cultivation |
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| Rice |
There was a drastic increase in population throughout Dutch East Indies in the nineteeth century. This was one of the significant impacts Dutch colonialization had on the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch increased the productivity of the cultivation in Dutch East Indies by making the people pay for more taxes. The taxation burdens made the people work more to gain more profit to pay those taxes. One way to increase productivity was to have more children so that they could help with the cultivation when they grew older. Many families realized that, and hence contributed to the population growth.
Also, trucks and railways were introduced to Dutch East Indies to replace buffalo and carts. This helped to transport food and supplies to the less accessible places in Dutch East Indies, reducing famine and increasing population growth. Pay a visit to this rapidly modernizing country that is lively and bustling with activity!
