Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios
The Netherlands were mostly powerful before and after the time frame. And conquest total-war style only became a major issue 1870-ish onward (at least for the The Kingdom of the Netherlands). With the Netherlands becoming one of the three chief Imperialist powers; as the English more or less agreed to allow the Netherlands control over Indonesia.
Oh I think they let us because they where to scared we kicked they're "bottoms"

But thanks for the info