Question

The Amboyna massacre that took place in 1623 A.D. in India is related to a fight between ……..
A.Portuguese and the French merchant
B.Dutch and the English merchant
C. French and the English merchant
D.Dutch and the French merchant

Answer 1

Hint: The torture and execution of 1623 done on the Ambola island known as Amboyna massacre. Twenty men were tortured in which ten were in service of the British East Indian company.

Complete answer:
Victoria Portuguese fortress at Amboyna conquered by the Dutch east Indian company, thereby Portuguese tardiness g interest at Victoria took by them . They try to obtain antonyms in the spices local trade by keeping the European countries by force of arms . This made the English east Indian company angry and Sir Edward Michelborne and his action enraged the Dutch . This situation became unavoidable and the national governments of two countries got involved .
Even after the treaty the tension still prevails between two countries. Both countries unobliged performance of the treaty and developed numerous grievances against each other . Dutchess at Amboyna became suspicious on English merchants . In the act of spying one of the Japanese soldiers was caught at Victoria . After the questioning and torture the soldier confess a conspiracy theory and also include Gabriel Towerson whom was the head of the English factor . In this Englishman , Japanese and Portuguese were executed. And captain Gabriel Towerson was beheaded on 9 March 1623. This incidence ended with the beginning of Dutch ascendancy in the Indies.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: During the questioning torcher were used on the subject. According to Dutchess most of the suspected subjects accepted the charges to be guilty with or without torture . This incident caused a great disturbance in England and they demanded punishment for the Amboina judge from the Dutch and reparation from Dutch East Indian company.