British Java

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British Java was the period of British colonial administration over the island of Java in the early 19th century, marked by reforms in governance, land tenure, and legal systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial rule
colonial administration period
historical period
administeredBy British East India Company NERFINISHED
Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED
affectedInstitution Javanese courts
village councils
affectedPopulation Javanese aristocracy
Javanese peasants
aimedTo increase revenue through land rent
modernize colonial administration
appliesToTerritory Java NERFINISHED
Madura NERFINISHED
capital Batavia NERFINISHED
colonialPower United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
endEvent restoration of Dutch rule in Java
endTime 1816
followedBy restored Dutch colonial rule in Java
hasGovernor Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED
hasKeyFigure Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED
hasKeyReformArea governance
land tenure
legal system
historicalEra Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
early 19th century
implemented codification of certain laws and regulations
survey of land and population
introducedPolicy land rent system
introducedReform judicial reforms
land tenure reforms
reorganization of governance
taxation reforms
village administration reforms
languageOfAdministration English NERFINISHED
Malay
legalBasis British occupation during Napoleonic Wars
locatedIn Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia
locatedInPresentDay Indonesia NERFINISHED
notableAdministrator Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED
notableEvent Battle of Java (1811) NERFINISHED
notableOfficial John Fendall NERFINISHED
partOf British expansion in Asia
precededBy Dutch colonial rule in Java
replacedSystem Dutch cultivation-based revenue system in Java
resultedIn foundation for later Dutch administrative reforms
short-lived British control over Java
startEvent British invasion of Java (1811) NERFINISHED
startTime 1811

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