The Age of Imperialism
Imperialism in Southeast Asia
European Powers Invade the Pacific Rim
and
Siam Remains Independent
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Lauren Finnell & Julia Alfonso
European Powers Invade the Pacific Rim
- European nations took over land in the Pacific Rim
*Dutch East India Company Flag, Map of Pacific Rim region
European Powers Invade the Pacific Rim
- The Dutch East India Company
- The British
*trading centre http://learnat.edumall.sg/learnat/slot/u101/singaporerivertrail/sec/G041_Dunman_Sec/trading_centre.htm
*Physical map of Indonesia
http://www.ezilon.com/maps/asia/indonesian-physical-maps.html
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European Powers Invade the Pacific Rim
- The French
- The German
*French Indochina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina
*Solomon Islands and Marshall islands
http://geography.howstuffworks.com/oceania-and-australia/geography-of-marshall-island.htm
Dutch Expand Control
- Southeast Asia was perfect for plantation agriculture
- Crops became more crucial to world market
*Map of Southeast Asia
http://www.geographicguide.com/asia/maps/southeast.htm
*Sugar cane
http://drunkenbotanist.com/plant-this/sugarcane/
Dutch Expand Control
Dutch
Educated Indonesians
Plantation Workers
- The Dutch controlled Indonesia
British Take the Malayan Peninsula
- British claimed a harbor on Singapore that evolved into a popular port
- Gained colonies in Malaysia and Burma
- Chinese workers came to Malaysia to mine the tin and tap
the rubber trees.
French Control Indochina
- French ruled Indochina directly
- Tried to push French culture on Chinese
*french indochina
http://www.casahistoria.net/frenchindochina.htm
French Control Indochina
- French didn't promote industry.
- Most of Indochina's land was dedicated to rice crops
- Rice became major crop
*RICE PLANTATION
http://pictify.com/88433/rice-plantation
Colonial Impact
- Communication, transportation, education and health improved greatly
- Economy improved by selling goods
- Millions of people migrated from other areas to work on mines and plantations
Siam Remains Independent
- Siam lay between Burma and Indochina
- Neutral between the British and French
- King Mongkut and Chulalongkorn
a) started schools
b) reformed legal system
c) reorganized
government
- Government built
a) railroads, telegraph
systems, ended slavery
King Mongkut
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomson,_King_Mongkut_of_Siam_(crop).jpg>
Work cited
- "new imperialism." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 7 Mar. 2013.
- Stockdale, Nancy. "colonization." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 7 Mar. 2013.
- "Asia." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 7 Mar. 2013.