Imperialism in Southeast Asia

Chapter 11: Section 5

Ms. Garratt
What is the Pacific Rim?
Explain European
Intervention
Strategic interests
Malayan Peninsula
Singapore
Economic
Markets
Raw materials
Plantation Crops (rubber, tropical plants)
Cultural-religious
Missionaries
 The Dutch
Portugal
Dutch East India
Company controlled
all of the Indonesian
archipelago
Called Dutch East
Indies
Rich in plantation
crops, oil
& rubber
Rigid social structure
Dutch East Indies
Plantation Agriculture -
Rubber
 The British & the Malayan
Peninsula
Singapore became
vital because:
Needed way-station
for Indo-Chinese trade
Opening of Suez Canal
& increased demand
for tin and rubber
Established colonies in
Malaysia & Myanmar
Encouraged Chinese
immigration
Malays became a
minority
Conflict continues
today
Singapore
The French & Indochina
 Murder of missionaries
 Emperor Napoleon III
1840s
 Indochina included
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
 Direct control
 Industrialization
disallowed
 4x more land devoted
to rice production
 However VN
consumption decreased
as rice was exported.
 Siam (Thailand)
Independence
Neutral zone between
British controlled Burma
& French Indochina
Modernization of edu,
legal & gov under King
Mongkut & son
Built its own
infrastructure
Reforms came from its
own gov which reduced:
Racist treatment
Social turmoil &
Economic exploitation
 US Imperialism in the
Philippines
Cuban War of
Independence
Presidents Cleveland and
McKinley
Yellow Journalism
Sinking of the USS Maine
Attacked Philippines first
Took over their territories
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Betrayed by US

Led rebellion which

lasted from 1899-
1902
US promised it would
prepare them for self-
rule.
US encouraged
growing of cash crops
Queen
Liliuokalani
US Imperialism in Hawaii
Many opposed any kind of colonial imperialism
Two groups supported imperialism.
 Duty to fulfill its destiny as world power
Business interests motivated by markets and
need for raw materials
McKinley Tariff
Queen Liliuokalani
Sanford B. Dole
Republic of Hawaii
Republic of Texas
Westernization