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Outside Influences

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The principle outside influences in Southeast Asia were the British, Dutch, French, Spanish and Americans. The British colonized Singapore. The Dutch colonized Indonesia. The French colonized Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Spain colonized the Philippines before the country was turnover to the United States. Although Southeast Asian countries had their own identity even before the colonizers came, they were not as organized. Most SE Asian countries then did not have a central governing system. This was probably one of the reasons why SE Asian countries were attractive as potential colonies. Outside influences affected history more than SE Asian indigenous leaders at that time simply because these outside influences were countries that had the resources

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