the Portuguese discovered Indonesia in 1512, no the dutch. Indonesia was colonized by the dutch in 1603 to 1942. Indonesia was colonized by the dutch for about 300 years!
Japan didn't colonized Indonesia. It was the Dutch (Netherlands) who colonized the country in Indonesia.
The Netherlands colonized the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. There were also Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, as well as Suriname in South America.
dutch..he was from belgium
The Dutch colonized Indonesia for many reasons, however the main reason was for economical purposes. Indonesia was full of resources, such as coffee, sugar and spices. Spices in particular such as cloves and nutmeg were what brought in most of the money for the Dutch.
The Portuguese, Dutch and British.
Japan didn't colonized Indonesia. It was the Dutch (Netherlands) who colonized the country in Indonesia.
The Dutch
Yes
First of all, Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch ,or the Netherlands, as the Dutch East Indies. (Germany held the Northern Section of the Island know as New Guinea)The Portugese were the original European Discoverers of Indonesia (around 1512) not the Dutch. But, the Dutch colonized Indonesia in 1603 and held it until 1942.
Countries that colonized Indonesia were Nederland and Japan.
Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch since the 1600's through 1941. The Nederland and Great Britain attacked Indonesia from 1945 through 1949 to reinstall the Dutch colonial government in the free country Indonesia. Obviously they failed.
By the Dutch for 350 years, Portuguese (I'm not sure how long), Japanese for 3.5 years
Dutch explorers primarily explored and colonized regions in Asia (such as Indonesia) and, to a lesser extent, Africa (such as South Africa) and the Americas (such as the Caribbean).
The Netherlands colonized the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. There were also Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, as well as Suriname in South America.
1509 Portuguese came to Indonesia to monopoly the spices and Dutch came along at 1595 to make the Portuguese leave and colonized Indonesia for almost 400years,,but thanks to some of Japanese soldier that came and help Indonesia fight for freedom even though some of communist japan killing some off Indonesian too,,,MERDEKA!!
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yes it was .....