1. Colonial Regimes
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2. Review What were the reasons for colonization?
What was the difference between new and old imperialism?
What colony did Sir Thomas Raffles establish?
What did France call its territory in Asia?
What country remained free and why?
What territories did the US acquire in the Spanish-American war?
Who led the Filipino rebellions?

3. Types of colonization
Indirect rule vs. direct rule

4. Indirect Rule
Ex) Dutch East Indies
Rulers  authority
Cheaper
Culture

6. Direct Rule Elites resist Western officials Ex) Burma
Ex) Indochina  both
DR  south Vietnam
IR  north Vietnam
Justification  blessing of W. civ
Democracy
Feared native poli rights

8. Colonial Economies No colonial industries EXPORT (raw mats)
Plantation agriculture
Foreign owned
Low pay
Poor conditions
High taxes

9. Colonial Economics Benefit? Modern economic system Infrastructure
Entrepreneurial class
Access to education (wealthy)

10. Resistance to Colonial Rule
Ruling class
Burma vs Vietnam
Can Vuong (“Save the King”)
Peasants
Burma (1930 Buddhist monk Saya San)
Early attempts  fail
New resistance (1900s)  NATIONALISM
Westernized intellectuals

12. Resistance to Colonial Rule
Western-style education
Western languages
Jobs connected with colonial regimes
Defend economic interests/religion of natives
Culture/customs/persecution
1930s  Burma demands national independence