In the early nineteenth century, the British and Dutch agreed that the British would abandon their claim to territory in the East Indies for a free hand in the Malay Peninsula.

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The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was an agreement between the British and the Dutch, where the British agreed to abandon their claims in the East Indies in exchange for control over the Malay Peninsula.

In the Early Nineteenth Century, the British and Dutch Agreed