Southeast asia

Southeast asia included…..

Indonesia, malaya(malaysia), and indochina

what powers dominated southeast asia

England, france, dutch

Important resources in southeast asia

Rubber + oil

Siam is also?

Modern-day thailand

How was siam able to stay independent

Became a neutral buffer zone for england and france

What was siam able to make england and france do?

Build modern infrastructure for them

What people in hawaii

Polynesian (like maori)

Who claimed hawaii

Captain cook

Hawaii became a protectorate of?

America

Monroe doctrine

Western hemisphere is no longer available for colonization and the US will intervene to protect their interests

What power controlled cuba

Spanish

What did cuba want?

Independence

How did US react to cuba wanting independence

Agreed since cuba has lots of resources

How did US try to flaunt?

By sending the battleship “maine”

What happened to the battleship “maine”?

Exploded

How did the british react to the explosion of maine

BLAIMED + DECLARED WAR ON SPANISH

Spanish-american war won by?

America

What did philippines think after america defeated spanish

That they would get independence

What did the US do with philippines

Took it over

Philippines decided to do what after hearing that they were a part of US

FIGHT AMERICA!!

When did philippines gain independence

After WWII