What country colonised Indonesia?
The Dutch were the first European nation to colonise Indonesia, which they did in the early seventeenth century. They followed up their initial conquest with a series of subsequent military campaigns, eventually establishing a formal colonial presence in the region.
The Dutch were motivated by a number of factors in their colonisation of Indonesia. Firstly, they saw the region as a valuable source of resources, including spices, timber and rubber. Secondly, they saw Indonesia as a …