Dutch control of Flanders post 1830

I was actually thinking of having a different governour-general for Aceh than for the rest of The DEI where that governour would indeed use a form of religious tax and the method westerling but since the two are split - two colonies that border eachother - both will have different laws

And even in our history there have been quite a few people who were not so tollerant, I will just need to have a governour who is such an extremist.

Also the settling of Aceh is supposed to happen by folowing fortresses and fortified plantations. So the government builds a fort, around these forts the Dutch have control. Because they have control it is relatively safe to live there, thus fortified vilages will spawn (land is granted by the government to Dutch nationals and any other white colonist wanting to go there). Around those villages farms and plantations will also grow, then after a while another fort is required and it goes on.

Also with more white soldiers going there there will be a shortage of woman, so native woman will marry dutch soldiers and will have to convert to Christianity. The children coming from those unions will be raised and schooled and trained to be loyal dutchmen and consider themselves Dutch, not native.
 
I was actually thinking of having a different governour-general for Aceh than for the rest of The DEI where that governour would indeed use a form of religious tax and the method westerling but since the two are split - two colonies that border eachother - both will have different laws

And even in our history there have been quite a few people who were not so tollerant, I will just need to have a governour who is such an extremist.

Also the settling of Aceh is supposed to happen by folowing fortresses and fortified plantations. So the government builds a fort, around these forts the Dutch have control. Because they have control it is relatively safe to live there, thus fortified vilages will spawn (land is granted by the government to Dutch nationals and any other white colonist wanting to go there). Around those villages farms and plantations will also grow, then after a while another fort is required and it goes on.

Also with more white soldiers going there there will be a shortage of woman, so native woman will marry dutch soldiers and will have to convert to Christianity. The children coming from those unions will be raised and schooled and trained to be loyal dutchmen and consider themselves Dutch, not native.

it has always been 1 colony, not thinking that will change, what you would need is a military governor, and in effect atjeh not being a separate colony, but being under extended martial law. with martial law and a incompetent/ corrupt military governor things might get out of hand quick.
 
it has always been 1 colony, not thinking that will change, what you would need is a military governor, and in effect atjeh not being a separate colony, but being under extended martial law. with martial law and a incompetent/ corrupt military governor things might get out of hand quick.

There you are somewhat wrong, it has not always been one colony, most of it was indeed controlled from Batavia, but especially in the beginning in practise the various regions were completly different colonies. Or so I have taught in Highschool but also by my grandparents who came from there.

Anyway, it is also possible ofcourse if you must maintain one colony that the various governours under the governour general have extreme leway in how to rule, in fact if need be Aceh can be given special rights regarding laws because of the ongoing fight against subjecation.




Also as to the opinion regarding me wanting to work to close to OTL, it's got a purpose but that is for another project after having finished this if ever. I also want it have it that way for people to be able to relate to the timeline somewhat. I generally loose interst in TLs if they deviate so far from OTL that I recognise nothing anymore, so I wish to orevent that.
 
Anyway, it is also possible ofcourse if you must maintain one colony that the various governours under the governour general have extreme leway in how to rule, in fact if need be Aceh can be given special rights regarding laws because of the ongoing fight against subjecation.

that is exactly why i suggested a military governor and martial law. instead of special laws for a particular area, you apply martial law. it seems the easiest way to me (from a legal perspective, the whole military law framework already exists).
and from the initial martial law you build towards what you want.
 
And while I study law, that had not even come up as an idea at all. I am all stuck in How to form a legal civil law framework to have that.
 
do not think that during a state of war (like it was in atjeh) things would go through the civil law frame work, it is a pretty standard practise to declare martial law under those conditions.
 
do not think that during a state of war (like it was in atjeh) things would go through the civil law frame work, it is a pretty standard practise to declare martial law under those conditions.

as I said, I did not think of that at all
 
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