Implementation and consequences of the Cultivation System in Java (1830–1870)

1. Cultivation System introduced under Van den Bosch

   Jan 1, 1830Labels: Johannes van, Cultivation System, Java

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

2. Netherlands Trading Society becomes key sales channel

   Jan 1, 1830Labels: Netherlands Trading, NHM, Dutch East

   • Britannica
   • Utrecht Uni

3. Rules set: land set-aside or labor substitute

   Jan 1, 1830Labels: Land rent, Rice cultivation, Labor obligation

   • Britannica

4. Java War ends, Dutch seek new revenues

   Mar 28, 1830Labels: Java War, Dutch colonial, Java

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

5. Exports surge and Dutch state gains stabilize

   Jan 1, 1840Labels: Dutch government, Exports, Cultivation System

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

6. Local enforcement expands coercion and inequality

   Jan 1, 1840Labels: Local elites, Village officials, Rural Java

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

7. 1840s famines and epidemics linked to crop pressures

   Jan 1, 1845Labels: Famine 1840s, Cirebon, Central Java

   • Britannica
   • Cultivation

8. Mid-1850s criticism grows inside the Netherlands

   Jan 1, 1855Labels: Dutch public, Political criticism, Netherlands

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9. Multatuli’s "Max Havelaar" intensifies scrutiny

   Jan 1, 1860Labels: Multatuli, Max Havelaar, Eduard Douwes

   • Britannica
   • Max Havelaar

10. Forced cultivation is reduced for some crops

    Jan 1, 1865Labels: Policy reform, Forced cultivation, Dutch state

    • Britannica
    • FactsDetails

11. Agrarian Law opens land leases to private enterprise

    Jan 1, 1870Labels: Agrarian Law, Land leases, Private enterprise

    • FactsDetails
    • Britannica

12. Cultivation System formally abolished, legacy persists

    Jan 1, 1870Labels: Abolition 1870, Cultivation System, Java economy

    • Britannica
    • Britannica

13. Sugar Law begins staged withdrawal from forced sugar

    Jul 21, 1870Labels: Sugar Law, Suikerwet, Dutch policy

    • Suikerwet