Why did the Dutch Empire Collapse ?

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  • @Knowledgia
    @Knowledgia  5 років тому +97

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    • @everydayedin
      @everydayedin 5 років тому +3

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    • @ericzadamaranda8398
      @ericzadamaranda8398 5 років тому +5

      Indonesia was independent on August 17, 1945, not 1954

    • @ontowiryo4952
      @ontowiryo4952 5 років тому

      please make video, why VOC can go bankrupt

    • @HashimyHuseini
      @HashimyHuseini 5 років тому

      Knowledgia
      Man. You are doing a great job. Making vids about these interesting topics (rise of empires and their dissolve) it's wonderful.

    • @flamboyan2239
      @flamboyan2239 5 років тому

      you're forgot about the java war 1825-1830, it cost belgium

  • @jaywilliams9294
    @jaywilliams9294 5 років тому +1441

    Dutch: Hey we Just found all this land not sure what to do with it tho
    Britain: *Breathing Heavily*

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 5 років тому +38

      Still we kicked their asses😉

    • @kristijanmargarin4438
      @kristijanmargarin4438 5 років тому +11

      @@Raadpensionaris bammm

    • @kevinferreira270
      @kevinferreira270 5 років тому +93

      Portuguese: Hey we just found all this land, and we have a pretty good plan for it.
      The Dutch: *Breathing Heavily*

    • @MrDamsk0
      @MrDamsk0 5 років тому +2

      Vision Tube football fanatic yikes

    • @antediluvian9144
      @antediluvian9144 5 років тому +20

      England: Hey we just found a new continent, we could use it to build an empire...
      Spain: *Breathing Heavily*

  • @bramvanhooijdonk1185
    @bramvanhooijdonk1185 4 роки тому +807

    Uncolonized land: exists
    The Dutch: Its free real estate
    Dutch colony: exists
    The British: Its free real estate

    • @faubourglincoln
      @faubourglincoln 4 роки тому +12

      In conclusion, the Dutch are bad people and we should fight them.

    • @heha5495
      @heha5495 4 роки тому +51

      Portugal: exists
      Dutch: It's free real estate

    • @thephilosopherstoner
      @thephilosopherstoner 4 роки тому +8

      @@faubourglincoln fight me

    • @petermages9482
      @petermages9482 4 роки тому +1

      @ NotJo: A colony is a piece of land where locals have no or little say in managing everything including internal affairs.

    • @scipioafricanus5871
      @scipioafricanus5871 4 роки тому +2

      @jaca van heesch Can't you just voortrek into the interior I hear there are plenty of Brit-free land?

  • @gandhithegreat328
    @gandhithegreat328 5 років тому +606

    The Dutch: Founds a colony
    England: I'm about to end this man's career

    • @TheSuperhoden
      @TheSuperhoden 4 роки тому +23

      We conquered England and stole their flag ship. Just saying

    • @HT-gv1be
      @HT-gv1be 4 роки тому +9

      TheSuperhoden looks like you did mate we had to free you from the nazis a less then a hundred years ago ya pussies

    • @borntodie297
      @borntodie297 4 роки тому +4

      The Medway: Exists
      The Netherlands: I'm about to end this man's whole career

    • @HT-gv1be
      @HT-gv1be 4 роки тому +5

      MasterQL5 lol it was impossible to invade Britain in ww2 many officers in different armies have confirmed this anyway if they did get to mainland Britain we’d have fought till we died unlike you mainland Europe fuckin bitches ! Waiting for other countries to save you pussies !

    • @rhysmc2608
      @rhysmc2608 4 роки тому +6

      @@HT-gv1be nationalist waste of space.

  • @RobSpartanR16
    @RobSpartanR16 5 років тому +44

    For such a small country with such a small population the Dutch achieved massive things.

    • @bachtiari8960
      @bachtiari8960 5 років тому +2

      English smaller and achieves more

    • @RobSpartanR16
      @RobSpartanR16 5 років тому +30

      @@bachtiari8960 Wrong.. The English population was always larger than the Dutch. Doesn't matter what age you're looking at. Also the English took over their close neighbors (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) or allied with them very quickly. Another massive advantage.
      Furthermore they were an isolated island which improved their defenses massively. Unlike the Dutch which had to fight constantly with the Spanish, French, and bisschops/ lords in modern day Germany. Where the English could easily defend their lands because of being an island the Dutch couldn't.
      Must I go on? There's countless of examples of how the English had it much easier.

    • @dustin628
      @dustin628 3 роки тому +8

      Yeah the Dutch should be proud of their history. Just the fact they were able to survive, let alone thrive in such a vulnerable position speaks volumes for what kind of people they are. They still have the most active and important port in continental Europe today.

    • @brianticas7671
      @brianticas7671 3 роки тому +2

      @@RobSpartanR16 i agree with you. The English had it easier. It helped them alot to have the channel. Thats how they also beat the vikings as well.

    • @toade1583
      @toade1583 3 роки тому +4

      England proper is larger in landmass and always had a larger population, your comment is completely wrong.

  • @mammagon
    @mammagon 5 років тому +298

    Dutch and portuguese playing the final of the UEFA Europa league of empires.

    • @mammagon
      @mammagon 5 років тому +21

      England, Spain, France and Russia semifinals of Euro Champions League.....until Germany ruin the tournament

    • @rodrigofpteixeira
      @rodrigofpteixeira 4 роки тому +15

      And Portugal won haha

    • @deltasierracharlie
      @deltasierracharlie 4 роки тому +15

      @Lucky
      Not really. That analogy is quite wrong.
      Together with the Spanish Empire, the 16th century Portuguese Empire was basically one of the world's 2 superpowers at the time.
      The Treaty of Tordesillas and the Mare Clausum policy, divided the world in 2 spheres of influence between the 2 countries.
      Portugal and Spain were a bit like the US and the USSR during the Cold War in terms of power, influence and prestige. The only difference being that they were not political and ideological rivals/enemies unlike the US and USSR in the Cold War.
      Portugal and Spain were the greatest naval/maritime, commercial and colonial powers of the 16th century.
      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Iberian_mare_clausum_claims.svg
      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Diachronic_map_of_the_Spanish_Empire.svg
      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Portuguese_discoveries_and_explorationsV2en.png
      www.emersonkent.com/images/world_discovery_15th.jpg
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_(galleon)
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Martinho_(1580)
      In the 16th century the french, dutch and english navies were nothing compared to portuguese and spanish navies.
      And in 1600 the United Provinces, England and France still had basically no colonies.
      So that means, that for about a century, since late 15th century until circa the 1600s, Spain and Portugal were always in the Champions League final.
      While France, the United Provinces and England, didn't even managed to qualify to the Europa League lol

    • @ricardonuno
      @ricardonuno 4 роки тому +3

      Portugal x Holland has always the same winner

    • @LHollan
      @LHollan 4 роки тому

      Lucky loli

  • @yekevin
    @yekevin 4 роки тому +61

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Dejima in Nagasaki in Japan, as the Dutch were the only foreigners able to trade with the Japanese at that time!

  • @gbendicion7052
    @gbendicion7052 5 років тому +388

    The answer for this is the same for why the Portuguese also lost their empire

    • @bombacmulayim2987
      @bombacmulayim2987 5 років тому +28

      also spain, france and england

    • @asriellian3058
      @asriellian3058 5 років тому +13

      Mostly the fault of larger powers taking over and forcing them into bad Wars? (before de-colonisation anyway)

    • @pissyourselfandshitncoom2172
      @pissyourselfandshitncoom2172 5 років тому +2

      Colonialism & capitalism?

    • @br3menPT
      @br3menPT 5 років тому +39

      well...Portugal had more colonies around the world..and in 1974 was fighting for them....The Netherlands didn´t made nothing similar

    • @mylanvoskamp474
      @mylanvoskamp474 5 років тому +35

      @@br3menPT Well, we tried to fight for Indonesia and were actualy winning, but we gut put under pressure from the USA(Read: stop the Marshall help) so we stopped trying to reclaim Indonesia.

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx 5 років тому +357

    Amazing that such a small country did so well and still has a global influence

    • @RaggaBaby
      @RaggaBaby 5 років тому +13

      Yeah we're a slick and sturdy bunch of rapscalions

    • @Deelom100
      @Deelom100 5 років тому +8

      They lost eveything directly after claiming it

    • @RaggaBaby
      @RaggaBaby 5 років тому +37

      @@Deelom100 What? Have you been paying attention? We've been in direct control of Indonesia, the Dutch Antilles and Surinam. We only lost Indonesia to the Japanese during WW2. But just like the bastards we are we immediately reconquered it after they got Nuked.

    • @hazzmati
      @hazzmati 5 років тому +6

      Avithorqiu that is factually incorrect

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 5 років тому +5

      @@hazzmati nope the other guy is right the Dutch lost Indonesia 2 days after Japan surrendered when Indonesia declared independence. The Dutch lost and weren't strong enough to take it back.

  • @ricardoguanipa8275
    @ricardoguanipa8275 5 років тому +171

    Meanwhile I live in Aruba and at the entrance of my HAVO/VWO school the portrait of the King Wilhelm-Alexander still hangs

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 5 років тому +55

      Try to imagine what the islands would be like when independent. It takes a lot of effort to get these islands governed somewhat decently as it is. Most people in the Netherlands would love to get rid of the Caribbean islands. Too much cultural difference. But I fear they would soon be a kind of Surinam or Haïti. So, I think you should consider yourself Lucky that Willem (not Wilhelm) Alexander still hangs in your school.

    • @RaggaBaby
      @RaggaBaby 5 років тому +16

      @@ronaldderooij1774 Nou nou nou praat nou niet te snel Ronald, het is niet alsof wij het beste waren dat hun is overkomen. Want wie weet hoe et was gelopen met de Antillen als wij het nooit hadden gekoloniseerd en helemaal leeg hebben zitten plukken

    • @Simon-zw2hr
      @Simon-zw2hr 5 років тому

      Nice lekker bezig!

    • @sietsehofstede4689
      @sietsehofstede4689 5 років тому +23

      @@RaggaBaby nou, daar ga je een beetje de mist in. Ik denk dat de meeste landen beter af waren geweest als ze nog onder direct bestuur van een europese macht waren geweest. Kijk naar afrika, één grote ellende. Sommige landen zijn gewoon niet instaat zichzelf te besturen.

    • @RaggaBaby
      @RaggaBaby 5 років тому +20

      @@sietsehofstede4689 Hier valt over te discusseren, want het klopt wat je zegt. Maar wat is nou eigenlijk de oorzaak dat bijna geen enkel Afrikaans land z'n zaakjes op een rijtje heb? Naar mijn mening komt dat dus door onze kolonisatie van die landen. En nu zijn ze dus onafhankelijk. Maar onthou dat nog nieteens een generatie daarvoor wij nog steeds het grotendeels/helemaal voor het zeggen hadden daar. (ik bedoel alle Europese machten) Dus het is eigenlijk niet echt zo heel vreemd dat zij nog niet hun affaires goed kunnen regelen, wij hebben de zijwieltjes weggehaald van hun fiets. Maar ze weten überhaupt nog niet eens hoe ze moeten trappen. Daarom heerst er zoveel corruptie in die landen omdat ze nog allemaal (en al helemaal de politici) een "ikke, ikke, ikke" mentaliteit hebben. Want het is niet alsof het altijd aids, eloba en kindersoldaten was daar. Voor onze kolonisatie waren der meerdere machtige en welvarende rijken in Afrika: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kingdoms_in_pre-colonial_Africa

  • @johnnyzeee5215
    @johnnyzeee5215 4 роки тому +50

    In the 1690's Russian Czar Peter the Great sent emissaries to the Dutch, as he greatly admired their navy and seafaring power.

    • @RAWDernison1
      @RAWDernison1 2 роки тому +8

      Czar Peter personally went to the Netherlands in 1697 and worked "incognito" at a shipyard, just north of Amsterdam (modern day Zaanstad).

    • @amalekh
      @amalekh Рік тому +1

      ​@eongerbeand Russians then made that flag symbol of Pan-Slavic movement with non-gay slavic countries adopting red, blue and white flags

  • @myronslaats7419
    @myronslaats7419 5 років тому +216

    Indonesia didn't become independent in 1954. The proclamation was on 17 august 1945. After a 4 year struggle the Dutch accepted the Independence in december 1949. But the Indonesian see 1945 as their True Independence year. The Dutch saw 1949 as their True independence year. After 50 years in the "90" the Dutch government accepted 1945 too. Also Indonesia became independent under the name of United Indonesian Republik-Repoeblik Indonesia Serikat. This was in an union with the Dutch. This Union was resolved in 1954 because of the New Guinea dilemma. The area of New Guinea was under Dutch rule until 1963.

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 5 років тому +22

      You should add… and Indonesia rapidly becoming a failed state in the last two decades. But whatever. I am not defending colonialism. That was ethically wrong.

    • @myronslaats7419
      @myronslaats7419 5 років тому +3

      @Mr. Pamukir Orang Belanda saja bro

    • @myronslaats7419
      @myronslaats7419 5 років тому +44

      @@ronaldderooij1774 Colonialism is wrong correct. But maintaining a centralized state like Indonesia now is is wrong too. Back in the days the "Buitengewesten" outer areas of the Dutch East-Indies were afraid to be ruled by Java nowadays they are ruled by Java.

    • @myronslaats7419
      @myronslaats7419 5 років тому +2

      @Mr. Pamukir kamoe itoe oldskool kawan, sedjak 1949 eja'an itoe tida' baik

    • @myronslaats7419
      @myronslaats7419 5 років тому +3

      @Mr. Pamukir Haha betoel, akoe paham itoe ;)

  • @eliben85
    @eliben85 5 років тому +59

    You ignore the separation of Belgium in 1830 and the devastating effect of the wars fought with Louis 14.

    • @Valandix
      @Valandix 4 роки тому +7

      Well, since I'm Belgian, during the Louis XIV campaigns in the Netherlands/Belgium (Wich was both correct denomination for the Benelux during that time) wasn't so relevant about the video itself because it was a short-time drawback for the Dutch, apart from direct impact for the dutch Limburg there's no long-term consequence for the Dutch Empire history.
      And Belgium's union with Netherlands was too short to talk about, and pretty complicated, and even it's because of the trying of the dutch governement of stabilizing his rule on Belgium will lead to Belgian revolts (Into the Belgian Revolution)

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 4 роки тому +2

      @@Valandix Should've annexed Belgium when they had the time.

    • @sampolle6989
      @sampolle6989 4 роки тому +5

      Valandix von Osterreich the wars with Louis XIV were the direct cause of the decline of Dutch naval power and made the Dutch lose their prominant position. The war of 1672 is called the 'rampjaar' which means disaster year as it saw the beginning of a very expensive war which was eventually won but caused huge economical problems. Then the war of Spanish Succession against Louis XIV was the definitive end of Dutch naval superiority as the war crippled the Dutch economy and fleet, ending the Dutch golden age for good and making the Dutch republic a secondary power. The wars with Louis XIV were thus essential in the fall of the dutch empire

    • @r.ladaria135
      @r.ladaria135 4 роки тому +2

      It seems like if you have the english as allies, you don't need enemies.

  • @jannestiemes4328
    @jannestiemes4328 4 роки тому +115

    The Dutch: Finally a new colony.
    The British: It's mine now!
    The Natives: *Nervous blinking.*

    • @stuarthastie6374
      @stuarthastie6374 4 роки тому +1

      jannes tiemes nervous blinking in snugly blankets.

    • @nephilimdj
      @nephilimdj 4 роки тому +2

      Cape Town is the funniest one, English both times just landed 50KM from the fort protecting the city then walked in.

  • @conflictsexplained9276
    @conflictsexplained9276 5 років тому +268

    Me: *Watches video*
    My mom: "are you crying?"
    Me:"No.... shut up!"

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 5 років тому +46

      Don't cry because it's over,smile because it happened

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 5 років тому +2

      @@cv4809 Dr Seuss?

    • @ramsaybolton9741
      @ramsaybolton9741 4 роки тому +1

      Portugal says hi

    • @martijnhoogesteger4466
      @martijnhoogesteger4466 4 роки тому

      @@ramsaybolton9741 in those days we were all Punishers 😜

    • @erinmoody9892
      @erinmoody9892 4 роки тому +1

      @@cv4809 I mean Portugal looking kinda trash

  • @americacorps2524
    @americacorps2524 4 роки тому +11

    My father's grandfather is from northeast Brazil, in the same place where the Netherlands took office. The interior of this region is amazing, because unlike the capitals there are a lot of blonde people, people there call the blondes "Galegos."

    • @brunomacedo7836
      @brunomacedo7836 2 роки тому +3

      Yes. I am a "Galego" from RN, Northeast of Brazil, with likely ancient Dutch ancestry.

  • @andreluismarin8095
    @andreluismarin8095 5 років тому +192

    No mention of the Caribbean islands? Curaçao and Sint Eustatius played huge roles historically

    • @mokkaveli
      @mokkaveli 5 років тому +19

      Curaçao still plays a huge role for the Netherlands in terms of football

    • @derylhenriquez2962
      @derylhenriquez2962 5 років тому +8

      They are six islands Aruba Bonaire Curaçao Sint Maarten Sint Eustatius and Saba

    • @andreluismarin8095
      @andreluismarin8095 5 років тому +15

      @@derylhenriquez2962 I'm Aruban, I know - but Sint Eustatius (wealthy gun-selling Jews that supported US' independence) and Curaçao (slave trade capital for over 50 years) had more interesting/world-influencing histories (at least until WWII - when Aruba really comes into the picture of global geopolitics due to oil refining and early tourism boom). Bonaire's history only really becomes relevant to the world due to having the world's oldest marine reserve. Before tourism, Saint Martin similarly had little influence other than being a way station between islands.

    • @esd251
      @esd251 5 років тому +3

      Huge roles? I hope you’re just kidding.

    • @ariari4133
      @ariari4133 5 років тому +4

      Nederland bestaat pas 200 jaar.Dit filmpje raakt kant nog wal

  • @vincenthuying98
    @vincenthuying98 4 роки тому +7

    The mother of the Dutch trade doesn’t start in the Mediterranean and the Levant but in the East-sea trading wheat, rye, and other grains together with lumber. This trade was a necessity because of the ongoing deforestation in the Netherlands, and due to this deforestation and following agricultural use of land the soil subsided in such extremity that grain, wheat, rye and other foods couldn’t be tilled plentiful enough any longer. Hence the true incentive for Dutch overseas trade.

  • @ferrjuan
    @ferrjuan 5 років тому +198

    History with Hilbert is not gonna like this lol

    • @pissyourselfandshitncoom2172
      @pissyourselfandshitncoom2172 5 років тому +3

      @nikolai bahtin -qou- queue :)

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146 5 років тому +54

      *Cries in Windmill*

    • @ferrjuan
      @ferrjuan 5 років тому +7

      History With Hilbert you should do a review on Vinland Saga it’s an anime set in Dane-controlled England at the start of the 11th century. The story combines a dramatization of King Cnut the Great's historical rise to power with a revenge plot centered on the historical explorer Thorfinn, the son of a murdered ex-warrior. It just premiered this summer

  • @alexbaldwin639
    @alexbaldwin639 5 років тому +71

    Salutes from Recife...🙋 old times Dutch/Portuguese Colony🏤. We have a lot of history and museums of Dutch colonization here. Look for the Ricardo Brennand Museum... perfect!!!!🏰

    • @MrBigCookieCrumble
      @MrBigCookieCrumble 5 років тому +3

      Do you still have spices left in Recife?

    • @DrThomas18
      @DrThomas18 5 років тому +3

      That sounds very interesting. Some ancestors of mine were among the colonists of Dutch Brazil, in the 17th century they had to return to Holland because the Portuguese recaptured the colony.

    • @DrThomas18
      @DrThomas18 5 років тому

      @LUNAR BLOODDROP that's odd. Germany had colonies only after the Berlin conference when the rest of the western world had abolished slavery already. I know about the Herero and Namaqua genocide. And later the other one. Perhaps that has something to do with that everyone calls Germany racist?

    • @alexbaldwin639
      @alexbaldwin639 5 років тому

      @@MrBigCookieCrumble yes😆. But on colony times was the SUGAR CANE our best export product😉

    • @MrBigCookieCrumble
      @MrBigCookieCrumble 5 років тому +1

      @@alexbaldwin639 Still have specerijen you say? Hmm... we might have to come back.

  • @hengky753
    @hengky753 4 роки тому +6

    I live in The Netherlands. Great video, very informative and compact. Thanks!

  • @ADCD-dj8gz
    @ADCD-dj8gz 5 років тому +88

    The thumbnail made me think that The Dutch controlled everywhere but their empire

    • @orestpaja2531
      @orestpaja2531 5 років тому +5

      Lol

    • @sanarroyos5501
      @sanarroyos5501 5 років тому +1

      Speak properly Bruh! I even cannot understand your meaning "that"

    • @gendoruwo6322
      @gendoruwo6322 5 років тому +1

      damn Napoleon ruined the Dutch' global game LOL

    • @sleeexs
      @sleeexs 4 роки тому

      its true

    • @rexyjp1237
      @rexyjp1237 3 роки тому

      Well we would drain the ocean if we wanted cause we are literal waterbenders

  • @darkshadowmpm
    @darkshadowmpm 4 роки тому +8

    i live in pernambuco, actually i live near the place where the last battle between the portuguese and the dutch took place. It's called mt. guararapes and some fragments of the battle can still be found in the nearby area

  • @alexanderchenf1
    @alexanderchenf1 4 роки тому +4

    Wherever there is Protestantism, there is autonomy, honesty, individualism, public spirit, and prosperity. Wherever there is catholicism, there is centralization, corruption, collectivism, mob rule, and poverty.
    Best example? North America vs Latin America.

  • @burnedbysound9827
    @burnedbysound9827 4 роки тому +17

    i have never seen so many commercials in 10 mins of content.

  • @LHollan
    @LHollan 4 роки тому +5

    Correction, Portugal didn’t get independence from Spain, but from the crown that Portugal shared with Spain. Portugal was never a parte of Spanish Empire, but a nation that shared with Spain the same crown: two nation under the same crown.

  • @pedrosabino8751
    @pedrosabino8751 3 роки тому +8

    Portugal left the chat:
    Netherlands: It's my opportunity 😈
    Portugal enter the chat:
    Netherlands: Nevermind 😞

    • @patricksoares6253
      @patricksoares6253 3 роки тому +3

      Tomaram um pau em Guararapes!
      Nassau nunca mais, não no meu Brasil

    • @pedrosabino8751
      @pedrosabino8751 3 роки тому

      @@patricksoares6253 Isso aí ✊

    • @pepapig1446
      @pepapig1446 2 роки тому

      @@patricksoares6253 bom pro Brasil, Péssimo Pra Pernambuco depois que Nassau Saiu Pernambuco nunca mais teve uma grande Importância economia e cultural que tinha antes

    • @patricksoares6253
      @patricksoares6253 2 роки тому +1

      @@pepapig1446 Quem tirou Nassau de Pernambuco foi a própria Holanda, não Portugal. E as políticas de Nassau não durariam para sempre; uma vez que o controle estivesse garantido, tudo voltaria ao normal

    • @pepapig1446
      @pepapig1446 2 роки тому

      @@patricksoares6253 sim eu sei e não tô dizendo que a Holanda ia ser bom pra o Brasil mas Portugal tbm não fez quase nada por Pernambuco só roubaram esse estado

  • @karstenengelmann925
    @karstenengelmann925 4 роки тому +7

    Answer: unlike the British, the Dutch were ON Europe... and the occupation by Spain, France, and Germany (WWII) lost them their empire.

  • @Snoflakes_1
    @Snoflakes_1 5 років тому +123

    Basically, we got bullied into handing our colonies over... sometimes to themselves

    • @withastickangrywhiteman2822
      @withastickangrywhiteman2822 5 років тому +7

      Forced to hand over, my poor friends. Also Dutch didn't pick up good land, Sometimes picked up Taiwan and fight with Ming Chinese yet lost. Sometimes fight with Brits and lose again, have to hand out South Africa. In many cases, was forced by some other Europeans, simply don't have enough power.

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 5 років тому +43

      Ironic to use the word bullied when thats how the dutch got their colonies I say its karma

    • @wilhelmbittrich88
      @wilhelmbittrich88 5 років тому +9

      Mrbrain bob Shut up, loser.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 5 років тому +15

      @@wilhelmbittrich88 is it not the truth? And now we breathe the air of liberty without staring at the red, white, and blue. Or do you want another Hotel Yamato to happen again?

    • @putikeswarasudarsono
      @putikeswarasudarsono 5 років тому +1

      So, East Indies fell to Dutch due to Brits pity?

  • @FaithfulOfBrigantia
    @FaithfulOfBrigantia 4 роки тому +61

    The Dutch and the Portuguese never really had a chance for a simple fact: Manpower.
    You can't sustain a large colonial empire if you don't have the population to sustain intercontinental colonization.

    • @FaithfulOfBrigantia
      @FaithfulOfBrigantia 4 роки тому +16

      @Gar
      England has always had a larger population than Portugal or the Netherlands.
      And even so, Brittain's Colonial Empire was rather small untill their population growth went through the roof and greatly surpassed the aforementioned countries.
      By 1700 (when the British empire was even smaller than Portugal's) Portugal had 2 Million People, and the Netherlands had 1.7 Million and Brittain already had 8 Million (5M in England, 2M in Ireland, 1M in Scotland).
      By 1750, Portugal had just 3 Million, the Netherlands had just 5 Million and Brittain had a whopping 15 Million, and its only after this point that the Brittish Empire started to increase its size considerably.
      Like i said, you can't sustain a large colonial empire, without the population to do so.

    • @br3menPT
      @br3menPT 4 роки тому +2

      @Gar after 1670 England became a very populous country

    • @antoniop570
      @antoniop570 4 роки тому +4

      Brasil was colonised by Portugal and is on the top 5 large countries on Earth

    • @FaithfulOfBrigantia
      @FaithfulOfBrigantia 4 роки тому +5

      @@antoniop570
      And thats basically it.
      The U.K, France and Spain had much larger Empires, despite Portugal having a headstart in the colonization game.
      Besides, the peak of the Portuguese global dominance was in the early 1500's when Brazil had barley started to be colonized and the main wealth came from the Feitorias in Asia.

    • @LHollan
      @LHollan 4 роки тому

      Lol portugues is spoken dou almost 300 million people, Dutch for less than 25... bad comparison mate! Only English and Spanish are more spoken than Portuguese among the European languages

  • @ahmadraihanamiruddin696
    @ahmadraihanamiruddin696 5 років тому +5

    Na 350 jaar waren de Nederlanders in Nederlands-Indië southeast asean, Indonesian native finally proclaimed the independence of the Indonesian state in 17 August "1945", not 1954 like in this video
    Btw that day is tomorrow, the day to remember of Indonesia's Independence day.
    Merdeka! 🙂🇮🇩

    • @harryblack7323
      @harryblack7323 5 років тому +1

      17 August 1945 - 2019 Indonesia, 74 years independent, Congratulations!

  • @KHRrocks
    @KHRrocks 4 роки тому +10

    9:13 Indonesia declared independence in 1945, and the Dutch pulled out after the Round Table Conference in 1949, not 1954.

  • @Ar-pz4cp
    @Ar-pz4cp 4 роки тому +5

    Island: *Exist*
    Dutch: ...
    Island: *Have Spices*
    Dutch: *It’s Free real Spices*

    • @MrSupertaiyou
      @MrSupertaiyou 4 роки тому +1

      But they never use it cuz their food is tasteless

    • @harryblack7323
      @harryblack7323 4 роки тому +1

      @@MrSupertaiyou LOL

  • @rogerwilco2
    @rogerwilco2 4 роки тому +4

    You have an actually historically correct map of the Netherlands.
    I have seen so many history channels that use a modern map *with Flevoland and Noordoostpolder*
    Good for you! Have a stroopwafel.

  • @Dimasekas
    @Dimasekas 5 років тому +10

    That is why you should just core your province rather than vassalize them.

  • @Moribus_Artibus
    @Moribus_Artibus 4 роки тому +3

    And here you can see the defects of being a nation solely focused on trade and largely ignoring military and defense.

  • @howardstern9129
    @howardstern9129 4 роки тому +3

    The real empires we're the Brits..The Portuguese Empire...The Spanish Empire...The French Empire. Those were the true empire's. That's why there Languages are spread through out the world.

    • @ZK-hh2or
      @ZK-hh2or 4 роки тому

      Ya ya ya colonizers of the past built their riches from far away lands. They all stepped on one another for it. Centuries of plundering from the colonies they said "we provided employment" ! All these are BS. They made slaves of the natives. That was how each of them did it. Please admit it. In some former colonies, the mess they left behind is still a thorn in the butt until today.
      You colonizers be proud of your achievements and tell it to your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

    • @nightowl3218
      @nightowl3218 Рік тому

      @@ZK-hh2orboohoo we were strong and you were weak stop crying about it and focus on what you can do now as a citizen of your country to make it a better place

  • @Gspotje
    @Gspotje 4 роки тому +9

    I've watched both videos. This being a sequel to the first one. There is one matter you guys forgot to mention. And those are the Dutch Antilles, Aruba, and Curacao. Which were under Dutch rule even in recent times. I think you'd know of course. But why to leave it out, because even until today. Many live still in the Netherlands or/and have a Dutch passport?

    • @londonbowcat1
      @londonbowcat1 Рік тому

      1654 Dutch lose Brazil then soon expelled from Angola

  • @mundopizz
    @mundopizz 5 років тому +7

    My grandparents were born and lived through Dutch colonial time in West Papua. They told me that it was the golden time. When streets were clean, people were well dressed up, well mannered, well fed.
    It was a sad day for many of West Papuans when the Dutch left. The Dutch had left many legacies in West Papua. Practically, Dutch sounding names, Reformed Church, table manner, public housing, western style breakfast, western values, etc up to this day.

    • @arisphyrushonggo
      @arisphyrushonggo 5 років тому +1

      Nah, are you joking? best era of west papua is today. Never been better than today, I just can't imagine west papua under dutch rule, worse than papua new guinea maybe..

    • @mundopizz
      @mundopizz 5 років тому +2

      Aris H apparently you’re either never been to West Papua or not a West Papuan or both.
      Enough said

    • @arisphyrushonggo
      @arisphyrushonggo 5 років тому +3

      For dutch people maybe not for natives papua, what natives papua wore during that time, koteka?, Skirt made from coconut trees, streets is clean? Dutch even didn't built a single street or road, your so funny, your granparents seriously lied to you..

    • @arisphyrushonggo
      @arisphyrushonggo 5 років тому +3

      @@mundopizz do I have to go to west papua or papua new guinea to prove what I said true or not? Today is information era, I can dig information from alot of sources, look at the data, information and picture, prove me that I am wrong

    • @mundopizz
      @mundopizz 5 років тому +2

      Aris H haven’t heard of Hollandia? You’re not West Papuan who were familiar with our history. Most of the major cities in West Papua were built during Dutch colonial time. They gave the locals proper education and training, western clothing, they built hospitals, streets, airports. The locals enjoyed western styled housing, running water, electricity, landline cable phones. Way before your Javanese ancestors know how to speak proper indonesian.
      Your racist mind think that all West Papuan wore Koteka and grass skirt? What an idiotic statement. West Papuan are diverse in many aspects.

  • @anugrahandi
    @anugrahandi 5 років тому +11

    So, that explain why there’s nothing like ‘common wealth’ for former Dutch’s colony.

    • @JohnSmith-ey6zy
      @JohnSmith-ey6zy 4 роки тому

      I think they do have that with their few Caribbean islands

    • @casper6405
      @casper6405 3 роки тому

      @@JohnSmith-ey6zy Aruba bonaire and curacao
      And some others

    • @jeroen2218
      @jeroen2218 3 роки тому

      Suriname and Curaçao have football teams made up of players born in the Netherlands, also Indonesia is a good ally nowadays. Even supporting us in the euros.

  • @nadiafriesen971
    @nadiafriesen971 5 років тому +8

    "If you are a fan of History" Sees a *DRAGON* lol

  • @augusth2212
    @augusth2212 5 років тому +70

    *Bamboe Roencing* Intensifies.
    From Former Dutch East Indies.

  • @javierfrancisco2874
    @javierfrancisco2874 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks Knowledgia for this video, I particularly enjoyed your maps! Being a professor of European imperial history, however, I was disappointed: you don't really explain WHY the Dutch Empire was disintegrated, instead you merely provide dates (so, WHEN) and to whom they lost. Your video is still fine, don't get me wrong, but you really should change your title, otherwise the audience might have different expectations. Best, Javier.

  • @pupusardhi1501
    @pupusardhi1501 4 роки тому +1

    Republic of Indonesia was estasblished August 17th, 1945. Netherland did not want losing East Indies. World war just ended but in Indonesia The war was started. It called Independence war. Netherland recognized Indonesia as a freedom nation at December 27th, 1949.

  • @nickdeboer4494
    @nickdeboer4494 5 років тому +69

    G E K O L O N I S E E R D

    • @marrymekatsuya
      @marrymekatsuya 5 років тому +5

      G E K O L O N I S E E R D

    • @RaggaBaby
      @RaggaBaby 5 років тому +14

      P L A T G E B O M B A R D E E R D

    • @Deelom100
      @Deelom100 5 років тому +11

      @@RaggaBaby Rotterdam wilt je locatie weten...

    • @steyn1775
      @steyn1775 5 років тому +3

      S P E C E R I J E N

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 роки тому +1

      *G E D E K O L O N I S E E R D*

  • @TheJenniferKK
    @TheJenniferKK 4 роки тому +21

    You make it sound like the Dutch picked a fight with Spain, instead of vice versa. Also, the Dutch lost because they hadn't populated their colonies. They conquered and sold. The Dutch are traders, not colonizers.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 3 роки тому +7

      Indonesia and South Africa would like a word with you on that.

  • @Gunarman
    @Gunarman 5 років тому +8

    Dutch could rule East Indie for so long because once they maintained a good relationship with Antek-Antek or Cooperative Inlander Ruler. When Dutch and Allies landed in 1945-1949, Antek-Antek also helped Dutch or just being neutral about this agression. When Konferensi Meja Bundar (Round Table Conference) finally signed, Indonesian Leaders agree to cease hostility on Antek-Antek. Indonesian Leaders told our Grandparents to forgive, forget, and reset everything from zero as is Great Nation. What an emotional.

    • @Jim_Colbert
      @Jim_Colbert 4 роки тому

      Great nation....haha....adanya ya kemiskinan dimana2...korupsi merajalela...,teroris bom Sana sini....,toleransi yg menghilang....adanya ya calon negara yg bakal segera pecah...

  • @timvanleer4993
    @timvanleer4993 4 роки тому +8

    You fail to mention how their was already a decline in interests in the Dutch colony in North America. We (the Dutch) weren't there to build up settlements. The primary objective was the profitable fur trade, however we couldn't really compete with the French and British control over fur trade. So interest largely declined in the area. Nest to that the colony was already becoming a burden on expanses. So agreeing on ceding Suriname to us and new Amsterdam to England was a very profitable agreement. We made a lot more profit out of the sugar production and slave trade there.

    • @crossiscool6681
      @crossiscool6681 2 роки тому

      That’s a whole lotta information

    • @londonbowcat1
      @londonbowcat1 Рік тому

      @@crossiscool6681 6:49 caption ?

    • @DenUitvreter
      @DenUitvreter Рік тому +1

      Also there was just not enough interest among the relatively very wealthy Dutch to settle there as was the original plan, a big protestant agricultural colony in the global fight against evil catholocism. But New Amsterdam was minority Dutch with people from all over Europe and the world and was religious tolerant. It was a city of hustlers and bustlers with the people not so much behind the common national cause and simply preferring to continue business under English rule over fighting the English who had to die for king and country.
      Suriname never returned much profit, but the food is great.

    • @theon9575
      @theon9575 Рік тому

      Perhaps Dejima was not mentioned in a vid about the Dutch Empire because it was never a part of the Dutch Empire. Quite the opposite.
      The Japanese Emperor merely offered this small, heavily guarded piece of his territory to the Dutch as a place, set apart by the Emperor, for a Dutch diplomatic mission and trade, very restricted to exclude Christian influence, as part of a strategy to EXCLUDE western culture and its influence, and it worked. It was the first western DIPLIMATUC MISSION to Japan. No colony.
      It was specifically set up by the Emperor to be ANYTHING BUT a part of the Dutch Empire, so it's not mentioned in the vid.

    • @DenUitvreter
      @DenUitvreter Рік тому

      @@theon9575 It's actually not that different from most of the Dutch 'empire', that lacked imperial intentions from the start. In many places they were only there with the permission of the local rule, for trade. The Dutch were recognized for being able to stick to trade.

  • @jornbesteman
    @jornbesteman 4 роки тому +2

    A further important year for the Dutch declining power was 'Het rampjaar' or 'the Disaster year' of 1672. In this year, the catholic King Jacobus of England conspired together with catholic France and some generals of the Holy roman empire to raid the protestant Netherlands. However the Netherlands managed to defend the sea from the Brittons, and most of the land as well (the attackers were not able to raid Amsterdam. Nevertheless the Dutch forces were exhausted.
    Fun fact though is that the protestant Dutch prince William of Orange III conquered London in 1688, avenging himself by killing the catholic English King and became the English king himself, by coincidence also known as William III, or king Billy for Scotland and Ireland. Being the English king, he could now also avenge France as he had more power to fight the France catholic King. Dedicating his live to fighting the catholics, he became a hero for protestants.

    • @stuarthastie6374
      @stuarthastie6374 4 роки тому

      Jorn B one error King James escaped to Exile and descendent Prince Charlie could have reconquered if the French had kept their promises in 1745.

  • @tyronewifestealer2385
    @tyronewifestealer2385 5 років тому +8

    Damn said Amsterdam, we gotta start pillaging some stuff

  • @isunlloaoll
    @isunlloaoll 5 років тому +5

    Same reason why French empire, British empire, and all the other colonial powers: world war 2 and the new world order established afterwards.

  • @westboy84
    @westboy84 4 роки тому +5

    Great video, a couple of pronunciation issues that I think you were a bit off on :)
    Levant is leh-VAHNT, not LEH-vint
    Ceylon is Sey-LAWN, not SAY-lin
    Amiens is AH-mee-EHN, not AY-mee-in

  • @jp2908
    @jp2908 4 роки тому +2

    Knowledgia: Why did the Dutch empire collapse?
    Napoleon: *sweats nervously*

  • @cybrandir
    @cybrandir 4 роки тому +5

    Did you know: The Netherlands were the first to recognise the US as a nation

    • @Kw-sv2mo
      @Kw-sv2mo 3 роки тому

      Enemy of my enemy and all that

    • @Kw-sv2mo
      @Kw-sv2mo 2 роки тому

      @Sebastian Guevara im from the uk, maybe that clarifies my comment, no not really enemies but definitely conflicting interests

    • @Kw-sv2mo
      @Kw-sv2mo 2 роки тому

      @Sebastian Guevara probably very similar to america acknowledging taiwan

  • @vztje7437
    @vztje7437 5 років тому +12

    RiP Zuid-Nederland😢

  • @corvuscrow5485
    @corvuscrow5485 4 роки тому +18

    6:16, pronounced [sey-lon] you really butchered that one...

  • @baronvonjo1929
    @baronvonjo1929 4 роки тому +4

    I don't know why but when I look at the de colonization period it is so satisfying to watch say Britan and France realize they aren't powerhouses anymore and have the entire world look down on them. Say like during of of those Suez crisis. Because they would go around doing awful stuff all around the world to innocent people. But every nation has done some awful thing.

    • @nephilimdj
      @nephilimdj 4 роки тому

      Yes France doesnt have colonization power anymore, I mean they just took out gaddafi and libya due to them wanting to control northern africa.

  • @wimvandijk6275
    @wimvandijk6275 4 роки тому +2

    The Netherlands had 7 provinces, not 17.

  • @ecco2kofficial
    @ecco2kofficial 5 років тому +2

    Great video! The new map looks awesome!

  • @tomlowe628
    @tomlowe628 4 роки тому +10

    that was kind of hard to follow, slow down.

  • @iqbalraihan1908
    @iqbalraihan1908 4 роки тому +2

    Sorry, indonesia independence 1945 not 1954

  • @ShivamGupta-uw5bt
    @ShivamGupta-uw5bt 5 років тому +18

    Make a video on ....
    Why GUPTA EMPIRE collapsed

    • @anamrajbhandari6593
      @anamrajbhandari6593 5 років тому

      Shivam Gupta because of cold 🥶

    • @ShivamGupta-uw5bt
      @ShivamGupta-uw5bt 5 років тому

      @@anamrajbhandari6593 but I thought because of ..... Fever

    • @anamrajbhandari6593
      @anamrajbhandari6593 5 років тому

      Shivam Gupta but bro what is this GUPTA EMPIRE ....

    • @anamrajbhandari6593
      @anamrajbhandari6593 5 років тому

      Ohhh ohhh I see ....watching a documentary about them

    • @ShivamGupta-uw5bt
      @ShivamGupta-uw5bt 5 років тому

      @@anamrajbhandari6593 it's south Indian cuisine ...... U must try it ... Once in a lifetime

  • @gilangp2011
    @gilangp2011 4 роки тому +1

    As Indonesian, our school focus Dutch history only in Indonesia land.
    This video give me Ducth perspective in Global History.
    Thanks...

  • @MegaVeeru1234
    @MegaVeeru1234 4 роки тому +9

    9:11 Indonesia got their independence at 1945 not 1954

    • @johnninfotv3428
      @johnninfotv3428 4 роки тому

      Ngeri amat ada robot gedek 😂

    • @MegaVeeru1234
      @MegaVeeru1234 4 роки тому

      @@johnninfotv3428 dih ada juga +62 mampir dimari wkwkwk

    • @MegaVeeru1234
      @MegaVeeru1234 4 роки тому

      @@haqqizillysozo tong pinter dikit nape? SEJAK KAPAN BELANDA MENGAKUI KEMERDEKAAN INDONESIA 1954???
      Goblok emg gratis tapi jangan lu borong

    • @MegaVeeru1234
      @MegaVeeru1234 4 роки тому

      9:10 gue transkrip.in buat lo yg pinter bgt bhs inggris
      "...In Dec NINETEEN FOURTY NINE -1949 -, the Netherlands formally recognized Indonesian Sovereignty.."
      Mana taun 1954-nya GOBLOOOK???
      GUE KRITISI PETA KOK TULISANNYA 1954
      TOLOL
      PEA
      BACOT

    • @nf2155
      @nf2155 4 роки тому

      Kemungkinan yang dimaksud adalah penghapusan uni indonesia-belanda, karena kembali ke bentuk nkri tanpa satu union with the dutch like british Commonwealth nowadays

  • @Moribus_Artibus
    @Moribus_Artibus 3 роки тому +2

    6:28 - You should have included the Habsburg Netherlands (Belgium) on that map. You make it look loke Flanders is part of France when it was also invaded by the French army

  • @deepblue3682
    @deepblue3682 5 років тому +14

    Also the battle of colechal in 1741,in which dutch army was defeated by a small south indian kingdom called 'Travancore' which ended dutch colonial aspirations/expansions in india... Dutch army officers were captured and they modernized travancore army after the jail term.

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 4 роки тому

      15.000 indian soldiers vs 650 dutch soldiers(only 150 were really dutch). It wasn't even a real battle, more a siege. It shows that the problem was a lack of manpower

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 4 роки тому

      @Sunil I It wasn't, I already said it wasn't a battle, but rather a siege. The Dutch could have held out longer if they had better luck. They were unlucky that their foodsupplies were burned down by a fire because a cannonball fell into a barrel of gunpowder. Asians were only two times succesfull in capturing a dutch fort and both times the VOC forces made mistakes and were the asians lucky

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 4 роки тому

      @Sunil I I am talking about the battle of colechal

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris 4 роки тому

      @Sunil I you are correct but OP was talking about a Dutch army that was defeated in battle, so I put some nuance to that statement by saying that it was a siege and only 150 men were really Dutch. I btw forgot to mention that the VOC was also fighting the Java war at the same moment so it could not help out the forces fighting the Kindom of Travancore

    • @watcher4127
      @watcher4127 3 роки тому +1

      @@Raadpensionaris When your enemy makes mistakes, let him. Losers have plenty of time to come up with excuses later

  • @simontenkate9601
    @simontenkate9601 4 місяці тому +2

    Dutch Empire did not collapse. It has only turned incognito, gone "underground". It is not "extrovert" like e.g. the Usa. Dutch empire does not need and refrains from boasting about anything. It quietly does what needs to be done. A lot like the Chinese.

  • @esd251
    @esd251 5 років тому +4

    If you want to FAIL your Dutch empire history exam, learn from this video!

  • @lennardsiderius7376
    @lennardsiderius7376 4 роки тому +1

    Het is moeilijk om niet te huilen

  • @JBGARINGAN
    @JBGARINGAN 4 роки тому +18

    Political Geography
    In order to have secure colonies away from home, you must have secured home first. When the homeland is threatened the colonies become less important and the homeland's defense is prioritized. The Dutch have land borders with two of the great continental land powers, the HRE and France. Any conflict between them (of which there were many), would likely involve the Dutch being between both (yes the HRE and France had a border with each other further south.)
    Physical Geography
    The main colonial competitors of the Dutch, the Spanish and the English, later British had geographical superiority when compared to that of the Dutch in terms of natural barriers and distance from the Americas. The Spanish had the advantage of the Pyrenees mountains between them and the growing French power. The British isles were separated from the continent completely by the English Channel and the North Sea. These barriers would be major obstacles for any invading army and allowed the Spanish and British to focus more on naval power. In fact focusing on naval power was now about the only useful thing for the British to spend their resources as their only land border (with Scotland) was no more as England and Scotland were under a personal union, almost doing away with the need for land forces at all. In fact Britain would need a navy in order to prevent any invasion force from landing, as the larger populations of the mainland would mean that even if the British had a ground force, it would be outmatched heavily in numbers. Contrast this with the Dutch who were surrounded pretty much on all sides. With the HRE to the East, France to the West, and England in the North across the channel, they were in a dangerous position. Constantly taking their attention from the colonies back to home in order to defend from complete annihilation by the substantially larger land armies of their neighbors the HRE and France. This never allowed them to fully focus on maintaining a large navy like Britain's though they had excellent commanders such as de Ruyter. The Iberian Peninsula and the British isles are the best places a colonial power would want to be positioned being the closest to the Americas, shortening travel time and cost of rations for the journey. (Though traveling across the Atlantic is still a dangerous and costly adventure for both those sailing and the investors, this gave a slight advantage to Britain and Spain over the other European powers in the great colonial competition. Also the Dutch to reach the Americas would have to go through the English Channel which was firmly in Royal Navy control and would be hostile water if the Dutch were ever at war with England or later Britain. (Which did stop Dutch trade and supplies from getting through, which caused the fall of New Amsterdam to the English renamed New York.) The alternative route would be to go around the British isles by the North Sea which would add more distance and further cost to the already perilous and expensive voyage.
    Trade, Resources, and Economy
    Spain and England, later Britain arguably had the best overseas empires. The Spanish had access the the mass quantities of gold and silver and tried make maximum profit by taking it all. (They ended up taking so much that it caused massive inflation, devaluing the currency and wrecking their economy. Though Spain's empire was undeniably larger in terms of size than the other powers at the time, they were reduced to a second rate power not having the same political influence as before. But this could also be because the French influence on their politics due to the Bourbon Kings.) Spain and Britain had cash crop growing islands. Britain had access to the North American East Coast which arguably was just as lucrative as the Spanish gold. In the Southern climate allowed cash crops such as cotton to be grown. The middle colonies were considered the bread basket of the colonies and grew most of the food. The New England colonies had timber which was much desired in Europe. (By this point many of the old European forests have been chopped down for farmland to feed the cities. The remaining forests were in the domains of the nobles who preserved them to use as hunting grounds. Timber would be needed to produce ships for trade and to protect that trade from pirates and privateers.) Boston became a major trading port through which the raw materials of the new world would travel to the old world and refined goods would return. Boston would also become a major shipbuilding hub. Ohio which the British disputed with the French also had many beavers which could be trapped for their furs which were rising in demand in Europe. Contrast this with the Dutch colonies which were also cash crop producing islands like those of the British, that was it. No beavers, timber, gold or silver.
    Conclusion
    Due to the dangerous neighbors and the geography which put them at a disadvantage against those neighbors, the Dutch could not attend to their overseas colonies.

  • @Checharivana
    @Checharivana 4 роки тому +1

    9:13 its wrong!
    Indonesia's Indepedence year is 1945 not 1954.
    Dutch admit Indonesia's indepedence at 1949

  • @JLVN010
    @JLVN010 5 років тому +3

    Ost Friesland also belonged once to the provinces, now part of Germany.
    Plus the Dutchy of Gelre was huge now parts of Gelderland, Limburg and Germany.

    • @xXTheoLinuxXx
      @xXTheoLinuxXx 5 років тому

      And Lingen was part Overijssel. Back in the borders changed quite often :)

    • @JLVN010
      @JLVN010 5 років тому +1

      Theo Buunermond Yes exactly.

    • @xXTheoLinuxXx
      @xXTheoLinuxXx 5 років тому +1

      @@JLVN010 I'm (as a Dutchy) from an area that was part of the Agradingau (Saxon). To make it even more complicated :) Nowadays it is more clear than a few hundered years ago, because the whole area was full of ministates. And you can still find some traces that we share some history. Dialect is perhaps the greatest, we understand eachother but people from Amsterdam or Munchen are having a hard time to understand us ;)

  • @patrickweber3954
    @patrickweber3954 2 роки тому +1

    You can play as the Dutch Empire in Age of Colonization by Oxiyle.

  • @Deelom100
    @Deelom100 5 років тому +50

    Imagine if New Amsterdam still existed with that thick Amsterdam accent and the hard G ... Bad

    • @RaggaBaby
      @RaggaBaby 5 років тому +8

      I have no clue how that would've sounded. American mixed with a thick Amsterdam accent. It would probably sound a bit like an Italian guy from the Bronx but he has something permanently stuck behind his throat, so that he constantly makes a GGGGGGGGEEEE sound

    • @LodiJP
      @LodiJP 5 років тому +4

      actually, the current Amsterdam accent was very different from the accent at that time. Just like current General American did not split from British English, but rather shared a common predecessor, the same would be true for a 'new amsterdam accent'. It wouldn't be similar to the current accent of Amsterdam at all... thank god :P

    • @pissyourselfandshitncoom2172
      @pissyourselfandshitncoom2172 5 років тому +5

      @@LodiJP It actually would be pretty similar, in this alternate scenario. Nederlands is more homogeneous than English [because the Netherlands is smaller than England].
      American accent is different, because rural Englishmen from rural counties settled in America. The upper class Englishmen stayed in England, and kept their opulent/French accent. There are some rural counties in England today that could still sound almost American.
      Moreover, every county in England has a different accent, however the Netherlands are more centralised or unified [apart from Vlaams & Frŷsk].

    • @LodiJP
      @LodiJP 5 років тому +1

      @@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172 but in this scenario the dutch linguasphere would've certainly expanded of course. It's an interesting thing to debate about indeed.

    • @mofogie
      @mofogie 5 років тому

      As opposed to the current awful thuglike accent?

  • @Jordy.
    @Jordy. 3 роки тому +2

    Die 'abonneer u alstublieft' hahah lekker in het Hollands

  • @chigeh
    @chigeh 4 роки тому +4

    Talking about the collapse of the Dutch empire and completly skipping the glorious revolution a.k.a the occupation of England by the stadtholder of the Netherlands?
    This is generally considered the end of the Dutch golden age. Dutch bankers moved to London and the Dutch government was bankrupted because it had to fund the occupation of England and wars against France.
    How can we take you seriously if you skipped this crucial turning point in Dutch history???

    • @jdlc903
      @jdlc903 4 роки тому

      Yes this is key,its strangely called the "glorious revolution" in the UK and not seen as a dutch invasion

    • @chigeh
      @chigeh 4 роки тому +1

      @@jdlc903 It's because William of Orange was invited by British protestants to take the thrown. There was little to no armed resistance to the 'invasion' and William ended up marrying the Queen.

    • @nightowl3218
      @nightowl3218 2 роки тому

      @@jdlc903 because the only reason the dutch invaded was because the british people and parliament asked them to

  • @MrAnperm
    @MrAnperm 4 роки тому +2

    The European countries that became major colonisers all had direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. The British being completely surrounded by sea had the best navy of all.

    • @m.x.
      @m.x. 2 роки тому +1

      Actually, the Spanish had the best navy of them all. They ruled the seas from 1492 to 1808 (more than 3 centuries) without dispute. British navy were not match at all for the Spanish navy, they lost battle after battle. The Spanish were also the first to circumnavigate the globe, one of the greatest feats in the history of mankind. Everything changed with the Peninsular War. The French destroyed the Spanish ships while the ships were in port, and the British did the same with the factories in North of Spain. The British empire only lasted 120 years, which is more or less the period of time they managed to rule the seas without competition.

    • @nightowl3218
      @nightowl3218 2 роки тому

      @@m.x. is that why Spain lost it's great armada and had it's navy destroyed at trafalgar

  • @ToastersChannel
    @ToastersChannel 5 років тому +3

    Editing gets better with the video!!
    Also #DutchPride

  • @matsteadyy1053
    @matsteadyy1053 2 роки тому +2

    Dutch Empire don't wanna fight against British Empire

  • @sonyadinata8336
    @sonyadinata8336 5 років тому +5

    Dutch : Hey we have rifle .
    Nusantara : Nope We Have Bamboe Roencing
    and make you all Like "Sate"

  • @tolrem
    @tolrem 4 роки тому +1

    Novel pronunciation of Ceylon.

  • @Dfathurr
    @Dfathurr 5 років тому +9

    *when bamboo was sharpened and tree and bushes start shouting indonesian
    Dutch : Oh Neptune

  • @Adriano70911
    @Adriano70911 2 роки тому +1

    I haven't known they had an empire. Their country's size is literally some big city. They're half white half black

    • @r.a.h7682
      @r.a.h7682 2 роки тому +1

      half black? what

  • @quintessentiallybritishGB
    @quintessentiallybritishGB 5 років тому +3

    50% sea
    50% weed

  • @SM-le7qb
    @SM-le7qb 4 роки тому +1

    UA-cam ads every few minutes are ridiculous.

  • @diamantinojp
    @diamantinojp 5 років тому +4

    Viva Brasil, viva Angola viva Portugal

  • @tempotitsen9357
    @tempotitsen9357 4 роки тому +1

    As a Dutchman, I know conquering land and enslaving people (colonization) is wrong, but I still am proud of what my ancestors did.

    • @tempotitsen9357
      @tempotitsen9357 4 роки тому +1

      @Adam I would say " cheerio old chaps" Well done, you showed the world the ingenuity of us Europeans :)

  • @VersusARCH
    @VersusARCH 5 років тому +8

    Because they were outgrown by other countries in sheer power who then proceeded to take over parts of the empire to which the Dutch could do little to nothing, but they were set on that path during the Rampjaar. The country was in constant fear of French land invasion (which eventually did happen during the French revolutionary wars) and the British destroying their fleet (which did happen during the French revolutionary wars). In fact it is far more amazing how it survived for so long. Skilled compromises in the international relations, mostly playing a second fiddle to UK but once the British Empire fell apart (with the US taking over much of the influence on it) the jig was up for the Dutch too.

  • @Lateatnightpioneers
    @Lateatnightpioneers 3 роки тому +1

    How to colonize a territory:
    - Eng, Fr, Neth, Bel:
    Erase the locals or confine them to reserves, repopulate with your own people, build factories and plantations, get some slaves to work in them, enrich the whites through trade and exploitation of resources, turn it into a puppet/failed state, never totally leave.
    - Rome, Greece, Spain:
    Conquer the land by war and agreements, alphabetize and convert the locals, make them your own citizens, build universities, temples and cities, enrich the whites and the locals through trade and exploitation of resources, get looted by your enemies, collapse.
    - Portugal:
    Lets do both!

    • @dustin628
      @dustin628 3 роки тому

      Spain was a particularly terrible colonizer. They created a strict caste system in their "colonies" and just basically strip mined their countries, extracting all the wealth and building/leaving nothing behind but catholicism. That's why central and South America are still such a corrupt mess with their governments.

  • @caseses
    @caseses 5 років тому +3

    You are missing a lot of countrys (for example Aruba)

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 3 роки тому +1

    Nicely explained.

  • @joaopintomolegameplays3835
    @joaopintomolegameplays3835 4 роки тому +3

    Greetings from Guararapes, Pernambuco, where we sent the dutch running from our lands!

  • @ericzadamaranda8398
    @ericzadamaranda8398 5 років тому +7

    Indonesia was independent on August 17, 1945, not 1954

    • @gendoruwo6322
      @gendoruwo6322 5 років тому +1

      officially declared independent on August 17 1945.
      but formally accepted as such by the Dutch in 1954.

    • @MegaVeeru1234
      @MegaVeeru1234 5 років тому +7

      @@gendoruwo6322 nope...officially recognized by dutch in 1949 not in 1954.

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 6 місяців тому +2

    8:30 That was a very abrubt jump from 1819 to 1942...

  • @skelejp9982
    @skelejp9982 4 роки тому +1

    How could one forget Deshima !
    Very significant for Dutch Trading !
    The Dutch Government only really got in Power around 1820.
    Before , it was merely Company Business .
    Filled with Family honour and Tradition, Luck seekers, and hardcore Mercenaries.
    8:48 I read in a Book by Antony Beevor, that around 1939, US Government Officials, among them the US Vice President, agreed to the fact, that if the US was going to Join the Second World War, Britain , France , and Holland would lose many of their Colonies !
    So U can Understand, there was some backup for the Colonies, fighting for Independence, and the US had their eye on East Indies because of Gold Mines.
    Kinda same like Britain went to fight the Boeren in South Afrika.
    Also , isn't an 'Empire', ruled by an Emperor , like Japan.
    Holland had a King, but still then the King never reigned power over these Colonies up until after 1820 .
    It is peculiar how the Age of Bigger is Better in Warfare(Bismark, Yamato ,Tirpitz , all a Failure ) is at the same time that World Nations have outrageous ideas, about still colonizing the World in 1939 .
    Check how Britain , US and France all had their eye on China around 1937...Shanghai International Settlement Opium Wars..
    Now for a Fact I read in YT Comments...Japan figured itself as the Only Civilized Country in the Region , had to take measures against this forthcoming Eastern Asia Colonization threat, especially when being so depended on stuff Japan didn't have.
    Anyway Empires left, but Multinationals took their place, sometimes having so much power putting Puppets in Government of former Colonies, as to be called Financial Colonies...

  • @youregay-
    @youregay- 2 роки тому +3

    The dutch: “finally a new colony”
    Britain: “nah it’s ours”

  • @lars2303
    @lars2303 5 років тому +30

    Wie is hier Nederlands ?🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

  • @m.x.
    @m.x. 2 роки тому +2

    Empire? Having coast cities here and there doesn't make it an empire. They only territory that they really conquered like a real empire would do was Indonesia, and lasted very short period of time.

    • @Raadpensionaris
      @Raadpensionaris Рік тому

      The Dutch conquered, parts of modern day, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Netherland and Guyana. How is that not an Empire lol. Next to that they dominated al the major trade routes

  • @l.s.vanahee6922
    @l.s.vanahee6922 5 років тому +4

    G E K O L O N I S E E R D ! 🇳🇱

  • @pf9089
    @pf9089 5 років тому +1

    Independence of Portugal was before than you say.... It was official declared in 1179 by pope Alexandre III, but before 1139 ( Portugal was declared independent but just internally be the first king of Portugal D. Afonso Henriques)