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Singapore

Singapore . Suitability - excellent harbour - good supply of drinking water - central location . Founding of Singapore. Increasing importance of China Trade - tea in great demand - make trade more lucrative : opium & Malay Archipelago trade

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Singapore

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  1. Singapore • Suitability - excellent harbour - good supply of drinking water - central location

  2. Founding of Singapore • Increasing importance of China Trade - tea in great demand - make trade more lucrative : opium & Malay Archipelago trade - British merchants sold opium in exchange for Chinese tea → made large profit in Chinese silver - Straits produce : tin, gold dust, iron, ivory, tortoise shell, gambier, sandalwood → port needed to control this trade

  3. Founding of Singapore • Need to check Dutch power - Dutch control of East Indies & trade routes to the East → discriminated against British > Singapore strategically located to control trade route to East and Malay Archipelago trade

  4. Asia

  5. Early Singapore

  6. Early Singapore

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