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WS Thailand Flashcards

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1932 main characters

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King Prajipok:
King rama 7th that went through the revolution

Pridi:
A professor and founder of the university Thammasat he also led the protest, went to prison for it and wrote a book in prison and later became the prime minister.

Phipun:
Was part of the 7 people group in paris. The longest serving military, while he was the military he was the prime minister who modernized thailand (pad thai)

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1932 methods

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Methods: Spread the news and spoke about unfair treatment. Walk from the university to the revolutionary statue provoked a big protest.

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1932 Opposition

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There’s a statute name after this,

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The government and Thanon and King Bhumibol (Rama IX)

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1932 Transferred of power

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The power changed to absolute monarchy but not for long as it stopped being enforced and democratic gov came back again.

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1932 legacy

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There’s a statute named after this

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1973 Summary

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Removed the military dictator shipped (Thamon) and introduced democratic elections. Influenced by Thai university students.

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1973 Methods

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Public protest causing violence between police and students.

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1973 Opposition, Transferred of power & Legacy.

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Opposition:
Military, government

Transferred of power:
Went from a military dictatorship to a democracy.

Legacy:
It will always be remembered as the darkest periods in thai political history.

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1973 Main Characters

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King Bhumibol (Rama 9th):
He was the one who made the decisions during 1973, he had ordered the military not to be violent and they disobeyed his orders provoking him to let the citizens have what they wanted.

Thanom (Prime minister at the time):
The leader at the time for the military dictatorship, he was told to stop by the king and when the citizens got what they wanted he fled to japan.

Students:
The protestors, the citizens that held the act and made a social and political change

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1976 Summary

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6 October 1976 was a massive attack created by the military on the university students, hanging students and beating them provoking a massive anger by the students to demand a stop.

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1976 Methods, Opposition & Legacy

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Methods:
Military disobeyed orders and became violent toward the students.

Opposition:
How the Military dictatorship went to the university and violently stopped the protest.

Legacy:
More democratic form of government back to a more military control

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1976 Main Characters

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Thanom:
The leader of the military dictatorship, the face behind the massive attack. The disobeying of kings’ rules.

Students:
The victims, the protesters trying to make Thailand better but instead got beaten.

Military forces:
They were the attackers, the military that beated all the students.

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1992 Summary

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“Bloody Mary” Another series of mass attacks resulting in the king stepping in.

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1992 Methods and Opposition

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Methods:
Protests and military action towards the protests.

Opposition:
Military , government

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1992 Transferred of power & Legacy

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Transferred of power:
Took away the power of military and gave it to democratic government

Legacy:
End of military rule

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1992 Main Characters

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King Bhumibol (Rama 9th):
The king that ended the sufferment, made a democratic government and gave the citizens what they wanted.

Suchinda:
In the military before this attack, was told to attack the students.

Chamlong:
He led the anti-military uprising, The Palang Dharma party, by being part of the government.

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Thaksin Years Summary

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He was helping poor people but also taking advantage of his position for his own financial benefits.

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Why is Thaksin so Popular?

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He was known to help the poor by making hospital fees 30 baht, villagers had a fund to borrow money from, he reduced poverty by half in 4 years.

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Coup of 2006

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His party was outlawed and was banned for political activity.

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Why is Thaksin so unpopular?

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Only cared for his businesses, took away money from the rich, only cared for the poor, made everyone believe the royal family was the issue to everything, hated and abused muslims.

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Protest of 2010

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At least 90 people died from protests by the red shirts democracy against dictatorship (D.A.D) attacking the government. 12th march - 19th May

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Coup 2014

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The royal thai armed forces tried to take control of the country using TV announcing that the armed forces will begin taking control as they pointed guns at the caretaker government causing even more crisis protests, political gatherings and tv broadcast banned.

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2020 Summary

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Protests resumed on the 20th of July 2020, they were against the government. The protests were triggered by the FFP party ending that was against the prime minister.
It ended with the authority had said they will take in consideration their opinion but that being said the monarchy shall not be criticized.

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2020 methods, opposition

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Methods: Social media protesting #whyDoWeNeedAKing? An activists had been kidnapped making it the 9th time of this occurring.

Opposition: Government and monarchy

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Coup

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A sudden violent and illegal takeover of power from a government

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Abdication

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to give up the throne

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Exile

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living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons

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Fascist

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The political idea where the government controls everything

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National Assembly

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An assembly with the representatives of the nation

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Dictator

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a ruler with total power over a country

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Popular Uprising

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An act of opposition sometimes using violence

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Coalition

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Two parties combined too form a government

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Populist

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A person especially a politician to aim to appeal ordinary people

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Thai Ruk Thai

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Thai Ruk Thai
Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Political platform

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A formal set of goals supported by a political party (could be the opposition) to gain supporters.

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Vote buying

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Cheat and the party buys peoples votes

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Red Shirts

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Believes that Taksin cares for the rural poor, Takshin was fairly voted. Wants to improve democracy and overcome inequality. Cons: ignore the abusive power.

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Yellow Shirts

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Believe Taksin only cares about his business, they want a monarchy. Cons: believe red shirts are puppets/stupid, rural poor are stupid and should be ignored, they are rich.

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Lese Majeste

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Law where you may not speak badly about the royalty if not 3-15 years of prison per offense.

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