Let’s recall…

1. Let’s recall… • The period in Japan that kept them isolated from other countries

2. The western country that asked Japan to open its country

3. The commodore who represented the US President

4. Explain the Meiji period in Japan

5. Enumerate countries under Japanese control

7. What map was shown earlier? • Enumerate countries belonging to this region?

8. Looking at the map, what country do you think will be next in line to be placed under European control?

9. What to be achieved in this lesson • To be able to trace the history of Burma before the British forces arrived • To understand why Burma was controlled by the British • Explain how the British established a port in Singapore and Strait Settlements

10. Burma (Myanmar) • Prehistory • Pyu (early inhabitants of Northern Burma) • Mon kingdoms (occupied Southern Burma) • Pagan dynasty (unified Burma after Nanzhao raids) • Toungoo dynasty (unified Burma after it broke intosmall independent kingdoms)

11. Kounbangdynasty or Alaungphraya • BuyinNaung (previous Burmese leader)- his death caused Burma to be in the state of strife • 18th century- a leader named Alaungphraya or Alompra rose into power

12. The Conquest of Burma • King Bagyidaw clashed with the BEIC when the British crossed the frontier zone territories(Assam, Arakan& Manipur) • Burma attacked Bengal in India ( first war with the British)

13. Treaty of Yandobo • Arakan and Tennaserim were handed over to BEIC

14. Burma was rich in agricultural resources ,teak • British occupied Southern Burma (Mandalay) and declared its rule over remaining parts of Burma

15. Effects • Creation of Nationalist Movements • YMBA (Young Man’s Buddhist Association) • DobaymaAsiyone (We Burmans)

16. Singapore • Prehistory • Recorded in the 2nd century as a foreign trading post • Ptolemaeus = Sabana • Chinese = PuLuo Chung

17. Towards Modern Singapore • 1818 Raffles convinced Hastings the Governor General of BEIC in India to look for other islands unoccupied • 1819 Decided to go to Singapore because of its natural harbour, freshwater supplies, timber and its unoccupied by the Dutch

18. Towards Modern Singapore TengkuRahman Tengku Hussein Farquhar Thomas Raffles

19. Strait Settlements • Period of history from 1826 – 1942 • Residency or subdivision of the Presidency of Bengal in British India • North – British (Straits of Malacca, Penang, Singapore) • South – Dutch (Indonesia)

20. Great Britain also gained control of two other island regions. Northern part of the island of Borneo- became a British protectorate in the 1880s. The other was the Southeastern portion of New Guinea Protectorate – The imperialist nation is running the the nation yet the local rulers are allowed to keep their title

21. SEATWORK 3.6 1-3) Frontier zone crossed by the BEIC 4) Treaty that ended Burmese and British war 5) The clerk who suggested to look for other trading post aside from India 6) The set-up wherein heads in a nation are allowed to keep their title but imperialist country controls/manages the state 7-8) Reasons why British occupied Singapore 9-10) List at least two territories included in the strait settlement

22. Explain how the British settled the issue between the Dutch occupancy in Singapore. (3 pts.)