Round 4: Tossup 8

Tonio Andrade’s work on a colony of this empire analyzes its “co-colonization” policy of attracting Chinese settlers and annual rituals first held after it defeated Mattau. In a choice later called “exchanging ginger for chili,” Rajasinha II helped this empire win the Battle of Gannoruwa and capture the port of Galle (“GAH-luh”). A sugar mill riot led to a 1740 massacre perpetrated by this empire, with an ensuing rebellion led by Singseh and Khe Padjang. At Fort Victoria, agents of this empire killed Japanese ronin and English sailors in the Amboyna Massacre. (10[1])Although this empire failed to annex Kandy after displacing (10[1])the Portuguese, it did take control of coastal Sri Lanka. Koxinga’s capture of this empire’s Fort Zeelandia ended its control of Taiwan. For 10 points, what empire’s Asian colonies were governed from Batavia, which is today Jakarta? ■END■

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