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Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Southeast Asia and the Pacific. p. 327. Why Southeast Asia and the Pacific?. Southeast Asia was a prosperous Asian trade zone, dominated by Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu religions when the Europeans arrived in the 1500s. The Pacific was a quiet region of seafaring warrior people.

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Southeast Asia and the Pacific

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  1. Southeast Asia and the Pacific p. 327

  2. Why Southeast Asia and the Pacific? • Southeast Asia was a prosperous Asian trade zone, dominated by Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu religions when the Europeans arrived in the 1500s. • The Pacific was a quiet region of seafaring warrior people. • Both areas were full of resources that Westerners sought for their growing, industrial societies in the mid 19th century.

  3. France Took: • French Indochina: • Mainland Southeast Asia under the control of France (today: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia). • Vietnamese officials ordered the persecution and execution of Christian converts and missionaries in the mid 1800s. • France invaded.

  4. One nation managed to avoid an imperialist take-over: • Mongkut: • King of Siam (today: Thailand). • Using a British tutor, he westernized • himself, • family, • The government • He managed to make reasonable treaties with the Imperialists and keep Siam independent. • His son, Chulalongkorn: • ended slavery and • managed to end the unequal treaties.

  5. Spanish-American War: • War between Spain and the US over Cuba, • it expanded into the Caribbean and the Pacific.

  6. Liliuokalani: • last Hawai’ian ruler. • Overthrown by US planters when she planned to nationalize land for the benefit of native-Hawai’ians. • A modern Hawai’ian

  7. standards check, 328 • Question: • They fiercely resisted European rule.

  8. Unfair Economics • Europeans developed Southeast Asia, but also made all the money from the stronger economies there. • Little wealth went to the Southeast Asians.

  9. Map Skills, 329 • Questions • 2 • The British • The French • 3 • The Dutch

  10. Thinking Critically, p. 330 • 1. • Pre-colonial traditions were weakened when many community members migrated to find work to pay their taxes. • 2. • The rivals might fight each other when not restricted by colonial rule.

  11. Standards Check, p. 331 • Question: • They bought the country from Spain for $20 million and then crushed the Filipino rebellion.

  12. Standards Check, p. 331 • Question: • If the United States did not take Hawai’i, Britain or Japan might

  13. End hwk • Begin class work

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