Question

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about the Indonesian revolt against Dutch forest ownership?

• A. Samin's complex, non-violent ideas did not appeal to the people initially, but later developed into a movement.
• B. The movement was called Saminism, after a Javanese farmer, Surontiko Samin who led the revolt against Dutch colonisers.
• C. Saminists protested by lying down on their land when the Dutch came to survey it.
• D. Saminists agreed to pay low taxes as they considered land, wood, wind and water to be non-taxable entities.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The correct options are
B The movement was called Saminism, after a Javanese farmer, Surontiko Samin who led the revolt against Dutch colonisers.
C Saminists protested by lying down on their land when the Dutch came to survey it.

Surontiko Samin had very simple and non-violent ideologies, which appealed to the people, and the movement took shape. Samin's-son in-law helped in developing the movement. Nearly 3000 families followed Samin's ideologies and they refused to pay taxes.