WESTERN COLONIZATION

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

1. Major trading port
2. Royal Navy base
3. 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:

1. able Monarchs
2. welcomed presence of westerners

capital: Bangkok, currency: Baht, religion: buddhist