What direct land taxation system, replacing feudal labor and compulsory deliveries, was introduced across rural Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1813?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Land Rent System (Landrente)
- Step 1: Raffles operated on the legal principle that all land was the sovereign property of the state. Step 2. Javanese peasants paid rent (landrente) based on soil fertility and harvest yields directly to government revenue collectors, bypassing local regents. Answer: Land Rent System (Landrente). Why not the others: Cultuurstelsel was Van den Bosch's 1830 coercive crop system.
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