To control the production of spices?
Jakarta in indonesia.
The Dutch East India Company got spices from Indonesia
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.
they went there by sailboat in the "golden age" somewhere in 1600 1700 to look for spices and gold. then they desided to stay. to easy NEXT!
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!
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!!
d.all of the above
dutch..he was from belgium
Indonesia was formerly known as Dutch East Indies. It was a Dutch colony from the early 17th century until Indonesia's independence in 1945.
So they could get spices from East India for cheap or free.
The dutch used their language.