how was the dutch east indies conquered
The name Dutch Indies is recorded in the Dutch East India Company 's documents of the early 1620s. Scholars writing in English use the terms Indie, IndiÃ«, indies The Dutch East, indies The Netherlands, indies and Colonial indonesia. interchangeablyince the VOC era, the highest Dutch authority in the colony resided with the 'Office of the Governor-General'. During the Dutch East Indies era the Governor-General functioned as chief executive president of colonial government and served as commander-in-chief of the colonial (KNIL) army.