The Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, was a colony of the Netherlands for over three hundred years. How did the Dutch get control of this region in the first place?
The Dutch East Indies was a very profitable colony for the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company, founded in 1602, was responsible for the Dutch East Indies. The company was the first multinational corporation in the world. It had a monopoly on the spice trade, which was very lucrative.
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