European Conquest in SE Asia

Question 1

European Conquest In SE Asia

why wasn’t europe able to conquer india and china at this time?

Answer 1

large population and centralized state of asia

Question 2

European Conquest In SE Asia

what factors helped european countries to conquer the phillippines and indonesia?

Answer 2

-neither had a powerful state-china and india hadn’t claimed it yet either-heavily armed ships

Question 3

European Conquest In SE Asia

describe the spanish conquest of the Philippines

Answer 3

1565 under miguel López de legazpi-overtook local authorities in Cebu and Manila-no central govnt so no organized resistance -controlled the coastal regions of the central and northern islands and more-the couldn’t get island Mindanao (Muslim) sternly resisted conquest

Question 4

European Conquest In SE Asia

Spanish/ Chinese relations with the Philippines

Answer 4

Manila became spanish commercial activity hub in asia (silk)-chinese came too and brought wealth-chinese were so successful spanish and filipino massacred them several times.

Question 5

European Conquest In SE Asia

In what way was the dutch interest in java different than the spanish interest in the phillippines

Answer 5

they did not worry about seeking converts to christianity -concentrated on trade in spices

Question 6

European Conquest In SE Asia

Jan Pieterszoon Coen

Answer 6

founded Batvia to serve as an entrepôt for the VOC-tried to establish a VOC monopoly over spice production and trade -he brought naval power to small indonesian islands and forced them to deliver spices only to VOC merchants

Question 7

European Conquest In SE Asia

how did the dutch take over Java

Answer 7

Coen took advantage of tension between local princes and authorities and extracted concessions inreturn for helping them against others-by the late 17th century, VOC controlled all the ports of Java and the important spice bearing islands throughout the archipelago

Question 8

European Conquest In SE Asia

how did dutch administer java

Answer 8

too few in number to administer directly but they made alliances with local authorities -dutch ruled the spice islands-attacked islands they did not control

Question 9

European Conquest In SE Asia

what impact did the dutch conquest of java have on the balance of power in europe?

Answer 9

monopoly profits from the spice trade made the netherlands the most prosperous lanf in euro for 17th century