Anglo Dutch Rivalry Essay

The Anglo-Dutch rivalry did not end. The bitter commercial rivalry continued. The Dutch still excluded British traders from Spice Islands instead of just Moluccas, and they continued to impose restrictions and high taxes on British ships. Britain thus accused Holland of not keeping the terms of the Treaty. This leads to territorial disputes over Borneo in 1840s & 1870s. Only in 1891 was a mutual frontier line agreed upon between British North Borneo & Dutch Borneo.
The final breakup of Johore Empire is when Treaty Divided SEA into 2 spheres of influence, which is under Sultan Abdul Rahman of Rhio-Lingga to Dutch and mainland of Johore & Singapore to British. Singapore were separated from mainland Johore with the Treaty of August 1824. Sultan Hussein ceded Singapore to the British.
Nanny war erupted from 1831-1832. Under the treaty, Britain was given Malacca and all dependencies. Britain assumed Naning was a dependency of Malacca and proceeded to bring it under control. Abdul Said, Chief of Naning, refused to obey British authority or to pay tributes. War erupted in 1831 between Naning and Britain, and Britain was victorious. British suspected Dutch of

As early as 1903, a memorandum from the British Resident-General acknowledged that whilst the relationship between the Malay rulers and residents was based on the idea that the Malay rulers administered with the advice of the Resident, it was in fact the Resident who administered, seeking the Sultan’s advice only when he considered it necessary (Andaya & Andaya, 2001:248). Although the Malay rulers still had their special status, the introduction of the new political system meant the rulers had no absolute power to govern the state. This caused the Malays to feel insecure because of the diminishing of their traditional political system, as well as threatened by the existence of a large number of