Which of the following is FALSE re. the Dutch monopoly of the local spice trade in Indonesia? Which of the following is FALSE re. the Dutch monopoly of the local spice trade in Indonesia? On the island of Banda, the Dutch massacred 2,500 inhabitants when they resisted Dutch control. The Dutch destroyed independent traders and spice producers along with their trees. The Dutch insisted that cloves and nutmeg be grown only in regions they controlled. The Dutch methods of maintaining their monopoly enriched the long-distance cloth trade among Asian communities from Southeast Asia to India