Western Powers Rule Southeast Asia

A Brady Sprague Power point

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Advantages of ImperialismDisadvantages of ImperialismBackground InformationOverall effects of ImperialismWestern Powers InvolvedIndigenous ResponseResults of Independence

Advantages of ImperialismNew natural resources for The United States,

Dutch, French and BritishEconomic gain as the region modernizes

under western InfluenceSuez canal built, lowering the cost of global

shippingModernization of Japan to avoid foreign

influence and dominationNew lands of Australia and New Zealand

discovered and explored

Disadvantages of ImperialismEpidemic of disease amongst aborigine

peoples, who were susceptible to European diseases

Local rulers ousted or killed to make way for Imperial governments

Sovereignty of southeast Asian lost to western powers

Background InformationNew American clipper ships payload

increases from 300 to 2,000 tons. These ships are also twice as fast as their predecessors, making shipping much more affordable

All Western powers sought new markets for their manufactured goods and raw materials for their industries in the mother country

Overall Effects of ImperialismWestern nations empowered as they control

more resources and peopleSmall southeast Asian states lose their power,

and sovereigntyNationalist uprisings will spring up

throughout southeast Asia as a result of Western domination

Siam the only southeast Asian state to remain independent

Western Powers involvedFrance conquers Indochina (Vietnam,

Kampuchea and Laos) between 1862-1895Great Britain Burma and MalayaJava, the Moluccas and Sumatra fall to the

DutchSpain (and later the United States) control

the PhilippinesThese nations varied in how they ruled,

however most indirectly ruled through trading outposts and companies

Indigenous ResponseEmilio Aguinaldo leads a revolt against

Spanish rule in the PhilippinesTo prevent other powers from taking the

Philippines, the United States buys them for $20 million

Aguinaldo declares the Philippines an independent nation in 1899. Ensuing war kills 200,000 Filipinos and 5,000 Americans

Revolts and resistance will come later in other areas

Securing IndependenceThe United states allowed the Philippines to

elect representatives to a legislative assembly in 1907. 30 years later, they are released and become an independent state

Vietnam begins the First Indochina war in 1946, the French are expelled from Vietnam in 1954.

Civil war then ensues between democratic south Vietnam, and Communist north Vietnam. The United States becomes involved, then withdraws and Communist forces control the country by 1976

Results of IndependenceThe Philippines and Vietnam are to this day

used by the textile industry, along with other industry as locations for factories

The Philippines is an independent republic, Vietnam remains one of the last holdouts of Communism in the world today