Chapter 3: Push Factors / Reasons for Coming to Singapore - Unrest and Instability: Wars in Java

Question 1

Who were the Javanese fighting wars with?

Answer 1

1. Among themselves between the various local rulers.

2. Against the Dutch colonial rulers.

Question 2

Describe the Java War of 1825 to 1830.

Answer 2

1. It took place in central Java.
2. The war affected more than 2 million Javanese.
3. Two hundred thousand people died.
4. A quarter of cultivated land in central Java was seriously damaged (can thus infer that there is food shortage).
5. These made conditions difficult for the Javanese and thus many Javanese decided to leave Java in search of a better life.

Question 3

Explain the term “rebellion”.

Answer 3

Open and armed resistance against a government or an authority.