British Malaya

centuries, and another third of the world 's population were in colonies, dependencies, protectorates, or dominions. In this essay, I will focus on the British and French colonization in Southeast Asia. The British-controlled Burma, most of the Malayan peninsula, and Singapore, which was a strategic port and later became a naval base for the British. Meanwhile, the French controlled the adjoining countries of Vietnamese, Cambodia, and Laos, collectively known as French Indochina. This period of colonization

This paper analyses what defines the power of the particular state and the constitution of it. In addition, it then evaluate the British Empire as the great power back there until World War II. It analyses the factor of the rise of British as a great power and what makes it decline. Lastly, it look up the emergence of the United States of America as the great power after the World War II. There are a lot of opinion regarding power. Power is basically the ability to influence other. But the easiest

political and religious refugees from Western Europe. British Imperial rule was established over Afrikaners and Africans alike by the beginning of the twentieth century. Then, through compromise, the Boer and Briton together gained independence from imperial rule and control of a new nation-state, the Union of South Africa, in 1910. From 1910 until 1948, there was a division of power between white political parties aligned essentially with the British and Afrikaner cultural traditions. The Afrikaner-dominated

matter of whether a mass-based indigenous nationalist movement had emerged on the Singapore political landscape before WWII; and even if it did after the war, Albert Lau argues that "commentators are still not agreed about its efficacy in ending British rule in Singapore ". The lack of this movement can be gleaned from the stances the various spectrums of Singaporean society took: the Indian community remained "politically quiescent" throughout most of the interwar years, and few issues actually

Bhal Singapore achieved independence in 1959 due to a lack of British colonial retaliation to the Japanese occupation during World War II. In 1965, it achieved independence for a second time as a result of poor leadership within the Federation of Malaysia from both Tunku Abdul Rahman and Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore, unlike most other states and nations, has achieved independence twice: once in 1959 when it was decolonised by the British;1 then again after it was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia

and United States governments, is unique among his Chinese diasporic contemporaries who were mostly migrant laborers or indentured servants in Southeast Asian plantations. However, Yung Wing’s greater agency did not liberate him from the effects of British imperialism, inter-Asian strife, and rising anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States, nor did it preclude him from participating in parallel formations of diasporic consciousness. In fact, the circular migration exercised by both Yung Wing and

For the British Empire, it was an empire of both power and trade, though it mainly focuses on trade. English seamen sailed and traded all over the world, and after 1612, the East India Company began to build up a small empire of trading posts in India. There was

machine enables the users to fire off an incredible number of shots off within a minute creating no need to fire in squads anymore. The machine gun assisted the British in taking over another subcontinent, it also stopped many rebellion attempts from the native population. This technological advancement increasing the strength of British military forces exponentially was unquestionably a distinct advantage in comparison to African weapons. This technology continues to improve to be one of the deadliest

likely able to attack from the North West due to the tough terrain. This area of the island was mostly mangrove swamp and jungle, broken by rivers and creeks. The British had confidently predicted that the Japanese would attack from the sea. This explained why all the defences on Singapore pointed out to sea. It was inconceivable to British military planners that the island could be attacked any other way – least of all, through the jungle and mangrove swamps of the Malay Peninsula. Therefore, the defence

I was born in 1997, when Hong Kong was handed over to China from Britain. It marked the end of 99-years British colonization in Hong Kong. I am 19 years old now and this year is the 19thanniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR. The decolonization in Hong Kong has left several considerable troubles, mainly in the political and social aspects. Hong Kong is now trapped in the chaos, which is attributable to this part of history. The current situation in Hong Kong makes me reflect: do the former