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Overview
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Reasons for Signing
2. Question of Singapore
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Reasons for Signing
2. Question of Singapore
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Reasons for Signing
3. British Policy of Friendship
with the Dutch
BRITAIN
– Holland was a vital line of defence
– A stepping stone for French military
operations against Britain in the
Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815)
– To prevent the French from doing so
again, Britain had to obtain Dutch
support against the French
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Reasons for Signing
3. British Policy of Friendship
with the Dutch
HOLLAND
– Owed Britain a huge debt; borrowed
heavily from Britain during the war
– Anxious not to antagonize the British
– Thus requested Britain to open
negotiations to settle outstanding
disputes
– Also to maintain Anglo-Dutch unity in
Europe
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Terms of the Treaty
1. TERRITORIAL TERMS
HOLLAND
– Cede to Britain all Dutch factories in
India
– Withdraw objections to British
occupation of Singapore
– Give Malacca and all her dependencies
to Britain
– No establishments or treaties in the
Malaya Peninsular
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Terms of the Treaty
1. TERRITORIAL TERMS
BRITAIN
– Cede to Holland Bencoolen and all EIC
possessions in Sumatra
– No British settlements or treaties in
• the Carimun Islands
• the Rhio-Lingga Archipelago
• any other islands south of the Straits of
Singapore
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Terms of the Treaty
1. TERRITORIAL TERMS
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Terms of the Treaty
2. COMMERCIAL TERMS
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Terms of the Treaty
2. COMMERCIAL TERMS
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Terms of the Treaty
3. OTHER TERMS
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Effects of the Treaty
1. Anglo-Dutch rivalry did not
end
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Effects of the Treaty
1. Anglo-Dutch rivalry did not
end
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Effects of the Treaty
2. Final Break-up of the Johore
Empire
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Effects of the Treaty
3. Naning War (1831-1832)
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Effects of the Treaty
3. Naning War (1831-1832)
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Effects of the Treaty
4. Changed relations between
British EIC & Acheh
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Effects of the Treaty
5. Failure to co-operate in
suppressing piracy
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Effects of the Treaty
5. Failure to co-operate in
suppressing piracy
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Effects of the Treaty
6. Paved the way for British
and Dutch Expansion
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The Treaty : An
Assessment
For Malaya, this treaty was to shape the
future of the Malay states and usher in
a period of British domination.
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The Treaty : An
Assessment
“ ……. A tidying up which can be
compared to the regrouping that occurs
on a football field after a goal is scored,
when the players sort themselves out
and go to their respective ends.”
K.G. Tregonning
A History of Modern Malaya
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