South East Asia in WWII
Western Colonizer: Asian Countries Colonized
French: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
British: Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar
Dutch: Indonesia, Malaysia
Portuguese: Malaysia, Indonesia
Spanish: Philippines
Indonesia: Spices
Dutch Policy: make money
Cornelius Van Hontman - Netherlands East Indies
Sukarno - liberator of Indians; Father of Indonesian Independence & 1st president inspired Revolution against Spain
Martyrdom of Rizal
INP - Indian Nationalist Party
Malacca - Portuguese
British Malacca
Stamford Raffles - British Empire
Modernization - rubber and tin industry
Japanese established a Puppet Government
Chin Peng - UMNO -United Malay Nationalist Organization
Tunku Abdul Rahman - Father of Malay Independence; 1st prime minister
Singapore: Stamford Raffles - center of banking & ships, got help from Malays
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SEA WWII Japanese Rule
SEA Colonized by the westerners
INDONESIA - Netherlands East Indies
-Portuguese vs. Spanish
-Dutch Moluccas
policy - make money ==> exploitation of natives & land, spices
Cornelius Van Hontman - 1st Dutch expedition to the East
Philippines inspired revolution against Spanish; Martyrdom of Rizal
INP - Indian Nationlist Party ==> Sukarno & Hatta August 17, 1950
Sukarno - Father of Indonesian Independence
MALAYSIA - Malacca
portuguese Albaquerque
Modernization - British; Stamford Raffles: Empire Builder; Rubber & Tin Industry
Tunku Abdul Rahman - Father of Malay Independence
Sept. 16, 1963
SINGPORE
- Major trading port
- Royal Navy base
- Crown Colony
Lee Kuan Yew
Aug. 9, 1865
MYANMAR (Burma)British - abolished monarchy
- made Burma a province of India
- various reforms were made -Separation from India
Aung San - Father of Independence Jan. 4, 1948
VIETNAM -French
VW I (French), VW II(US), VW III(Cambodia)
transportation + communication
Ho Chi Minh - Father of Vietnamese Independence
CAMBODIA - French
Norodom Shanouk - King & Father of Cambodian Independence
laws were modified
-restored Angkor relics
- forced to be colonized because of bandits
LAOS - French
mild +modernization-poor country - submissive peopl and no natural resources
Sisavong Vong - Father of Laos Independence
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Muang Thai -> Thailand - Siam - Land of the Free
-Reasons not colonized:
- able Monarchs
- welcomed presence of westerners
capital: Bangkok, currency: Baht, religion: buddhist