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Any other questions about the Europeans in Southeast Asia?

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To conclude, why was Singapore selected? Write down three reasons why Singapore was selected. 

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To conclude, why was Singapore selected? Write down three reasons why Singapore was selected. 

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Watch this video to learn about Stamford Raffles' search for a new port and why he decided on Singapore

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1819 - Raffles Journey to Find a New Trading Base

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How were spices a reason for British interest in Southeast Asia?

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How were spices a reason for British interest in Southeast Asia?

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Watch this video to understand the importance of spices and why Southeast Asia mattered to the Europeans

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Join us on a journey to learn about the magical history of spices

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British needed a better port in Southeast Asia. Explain how this led to the British searching for another port that was Singapore.

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British needed a better port in Southeast Asia. Explain how this led to the British searching for another port that was Singapore.

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Read this post to understand why the British needed a better port.

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How did India-China trade attract the British to Southeast Asia?

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How did India-China trade attract the British to Southeast Asia?

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Watch this video to learn about trade between Britain and China.

Think about how this trade relates to Southeast Asia

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Empire's Opium Trade - Empire - Episode 4 - BBC

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Dutch presence in East Indies (Indonesia) motivated the British to establish a port in Singapore. Explain how.

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Dutch presence in East Indies (Indonesia) motivated the British to establish a port in Singapore. Explain how.

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Watch this video to learn about the Dutch East India Company and how the Dutch established control in the East Indies.

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How one of the most profitable companies in history rose to power - Adam Clulow

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How did India-China trade attract the British to Southeast Asia

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How did India-China trade attract the British to Southeast Asia

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Watch this video to learn about the British East India Company: why it was created and how it affected India

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East India Company |How British came and occupied India(British Rule in India- History)|The openbook

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Dutch officials claimed that they’d detected a conspiracy against them. Coen used this to eliminate further resistance. He ordered his soldiers to torture Bandanese leaders to extract confessions. They would torture the people and used them for their own benefits.

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the most important reason that resulted in Britain’s decision to set up a port in SEA was the need to facilitate the lucrative trade that British had with China. The importance to facilitate the lucrative China was also the core reason resulting in the British setting up a port in SEA. The two ports, Penang and Bencoolen failed.

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Did the Europeans use Singaporeans as slaves?

Had Europeans have war with china before?

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the british used it cook and they thought it could cure deadly diseases/ illnesses

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Spices didn’t grow well in europe due to the weather there, so the british had to travel to the east to get spices to sell and trade.

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exotic spices don’t grow in colder climates, hence the british had to travel to southeast asia to ship spices back home.

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Spices could not grow in Europe due to its cool climates, and they thought that the spices could cure diseases.

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exotic spices don’t grow in colder climates so europeans had to travel to the east to buy spices to ship back home.

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They thought that spices could help to cure illnesses

They wanted to control ports that traded spices

They could become rich through trading spices

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Southeast Asia had many spices, and spices were very valuable. They were used to make perfumes and dyes.

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The British found spices magical and exotic as they don’t grow in Europe and the spices can be traded and used for medicine, flavouring, dye, and perfume which made them very valuable.

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The British highly valued the spices. They used them to flavour and preserve their food, make perfume and dyes and also used them to make medicine. Those spices also could not be grown in their cold country so they had to trade for it.

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It’s because spices did not grow in europe, hence it was more rare. It would make the europeans food more tasty and they could make perfumes and dyes they also thought that it could cure deadly diseases. the spices would also seem exotic and magical to the europeans.

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Tropical spices could not grow in Europe as it was too cold there. So the Europeans had to sail for weeks or months to continents which are warmer like Africa and Southeast Asia.

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in europe, it was very cold so they had to sail all the way to Asia, etc. to trade spices that were used in their daily lives and they also could cure illnesses and diseases.

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We think it is because the Europeans at that point of time thought the spices would help to cure the deadly disease. Furthermore, the Europeans thought that the spices were exotic and magical. They liked to use spices to flavour and preserve their food, also to make perfumes and dyes.

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It is because the British lacked exotic spices, due to the colder climate there. So, they traveled to Southeast Asia to buy spices, and bring them back.

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The spices allow British earn money by selling them and Southeast Asia produces all types of spices.

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Spices were not able to grow in colder climates. The spice demand was very high. They can be used to flavour and preserve food, make perfume and dyes, and making medicine. They even thought it was a cure for the plague, which made it more expensive and everyone wanted it.

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During the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company with Adam Clulow cornered the booming spice market and pioneered trade routes between Asia and Europe by invading Indonesia's Banda Islands. It is widely considered the most profitable corporation ever created. While Dutch monopolised the Spice trade in Indonesia and the British were scared of missing out the opportunity for spice trade and earning money.

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india had opium and china had tea, which were both things the British wanted, thus they were attracted to their trade

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Spices didnt grow well in Europe but it grew well in Southeast Asia. The spices could add flavour to food or cure diseases. They could also be used to make perfumes or dyes.

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The British grew opium in India and traded it with the chinese for tea.

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the british wanted both opium and tea, and india had opium while china had tea.

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the British did not want to miss out on another opportunity to earn more money, conquer more land and claim more spices

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India had opium and China provided tea, which was what the british wanted, hence the british were interested in Southeast Asia.

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india grew opium and china had a lot of tea and the british wanted both of these things

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India was under the control of a British trading company

The British grew opium in India and tea was only grown in China

As opium was illegal in China, the British sold opium to smugglers in China and got tea in exchange

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The british used to harvest opium in India and trade the opium with china for tea because of the large numbers of poorer people in china who were addicted to opium. The british would benefit from that as they would be able to trade the opium for lots of tea from china.

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British grew opium in India and the Chinese peasants were addicted to opium. So the British sold opium to Chinese smugglers. The British then used the Chinese currency to buy the tea that the desperately wanted.

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It is because China had opium and India had spices. So, the British were attracted to the trade between them.

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the british wanted tea from china so they traded opium for tea and they grew the opium from india. They could have been interested in sea since they needed a efficient route for india-china trade.

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china produced a lot of tea and india produced opium. the british wanted both of these things, hence their interest.

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It had a good strategic location

The Chinese had tea which the British could trade opium for, which was produced in India

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The British needed a new port as the ports they had, which were located in Penang and Bencoolen, were not good. This is because of their location. They established Singapore as a port to secure lucrative trade with China.

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the british could not grow spices in britain thus came to southeast asia to trade for spices as spices was very precious to people at that time

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spices cannot grow in europe due to the cold weather, so the british had to travel to southeast asia for them. they used the spices for flavouring .

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Since Europe is a cold climate,spices cannot grow there.The British had to travel to Southeast Asia for the spices.They used the spices for flavouring and preserving food and perfumes and dyes and medicine.

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It was at a strategic location, and the British were trading with Southeast Asia for spices

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british’s existing ports in penang and bencoolen’s location were not good as traders from india and china did not pass by. so they wanted a new port which was singapore as it has a good geographical location so that the india china traders would stop by and replenish their supply of food and water.

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-spice trade

-india china trade

-abundant supply of drinking water

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Europe was too cold to grow spices. So the Dutch came to Southeast Asia to trade for spices as they wanted spices.

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The Dutch companies earned a lot of profit from their nutmeg supply from Indonesia. Singapore served as a convenient trading port linking from europe so that they could earn money through spice (the nutmeg) trade.

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The British wanted tea which South East Asia had and the British had opium which South East Asians wanted.

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the British had their own trading ports but the location was not good so less people went to the port to trade while Singapore’s trading port is a good location so he British stopped there to replenish their food and water supply

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Spices were grown mainly in Southeast Asia, and not in Europe. However, the Dutch East India Company monopolised the spice trade in Asia and was very profitable. The British wanted to compete with the Dutch for trade.

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Singapore’s location was good (India china trade)

The was an abundance of water

Singapore’s harbour was sheltered naturally

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1. they were impressed with singapores sheltered harbour.

2. singapore had acessible drinking water.

3. they found that they might be able to come to agreement with the local rulers.

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singapore had

-good shelter harbour

-the location was good

-an abundance of assessible drinking water

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the british wanted some spices that were only found in southeast asia

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In Britain, the weather conditions made it unsuitable for the growth of spices. Seeing how the Dutch monopolised spice trades over nutmeg in Southeast Asia, the British were inspired to do the same. So, they grew an interest toward spices in Southeast Asia

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The Asian market was the largest at the time and spices were in great demand throughout Europe. Nutmeg was the most precious spice however it was only cultivated on Indonesia’s Banda islands. The Dutch wanted to trade with the rich men called orang kaya who were expert traders however they suspected that something was up and broke the treaty. This led to many wars and deaths. This motivated the British to come to Singapore as Singapore had good trading history with Indonesia.

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The british were unable to gros spices in their country and saw taat teh dutch were trading Slides in southeast Asia and Theo thought Singapore loncat ion was good for trading

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1. it had abundant drinking water

2. it had potential to become a hospitable harbour

3. they could easily come to an agreement with the locals to establish a port

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the dutch took control of indonesia and grew nutmeg in indonesia which could have encouraged the british to trade in souteast asia.

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The two ports that British had were Penang and Bencoolen. However, their location are not good enough as they are not at the main trading route between Indian and China and also too far away from the straits of Melaka for the British to control. Thus, the British needed to find a new port that is near to the straits of Melaka in order to make money.

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Were the Europeans nice to the Asians?

How long was the journey from Europe to Asia by water?

How did the Europeans feel about Asia's temperature?

Can we trade slaves?

How much are slaves traded for?

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The Dutch tried to take over an island in Indonesia that traded one of the most profitable spices then. They did this because they wanted to get rich so that they could launch more battle plans so that they could grow bigger and live on the riches for centuries. In the end, someone managed to seize the island, but it was not over a few years of broken treaties and murders that they did.

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did any other country try to establish a port in Singapore before the British discovered it?

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in the 17th century, the asian market was biggest at that time and spices were in a great demand in Europe, especially for a dutch company called Dutch East India Company who wanted nutmeg, only to be found in Indonesia’s Bama Islands and was a very precious spice that could gain a lot of money. The Dutch used violence to gain profits on nutmeg for their company but tore up another society in doing so.

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even though the british had their own trading ports, the locations of the ports were not that good and there was not much trade happening there. so they built a port in singapore so they could facilitate the lucrative trade that the british had with china.

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Why were they only interested in Singapore and not other countries? How long was the journey from Europe to Asia by sea without stopping?

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the ports that the british already had were not suitable because of the inconvenient location, so they built a trade in singapore, making it more convenient to trade with people from china and india

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were the locals in singapore rich

why did we have an abundant supply of water

isn’t the water around singapore sea water?

did people trade chickens in the past or other animals!!!

could you buy slaves

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India produced opium poppies and China was the only country that produced tea.The British grew opium in India as it was cheaper and sold the opium to China for tea.These items were valuable.

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The British needed a new port as the location of their ports were Penang and Bencoolen which was no where near the route traders took for the India-china trade and the found that the monsoon winds could bring traders ships to Singapore so its location would be good for trading.

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Singapore had:

-a naturally sheltered harbour

-good supply of drinking water

-location at the southern tip of the straits of melaka

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The British needed to facilitate the lucrative trade they had with China. Their existing ports, Bencoolen and Penang, were unsuitable due to their geographical locations being too far from the main trade route. Thus, they needed a port that would be able to keep a check on the rising Dutch influence in that area and also prevent the Dutch from further expansion.

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The Dutch went to Indonesia to trade for spice. They pioneered trade routes between Asia and Europe and cornered the booming spice market. The Dutch could make a lot of money through spice trade.

The British wanted to make more money than the Dutch. But the spice trade was only in Southeast Asia and the Dutch had control of the trade. So the British needed a port to trade spice which was not controlled by the Dutch. They found Singapore which was not controlled by the Dutch and had a good (between India and China).

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Spices cannot be grown Europe so they went to South east Asia to monopolise the growth of nutmeg.

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europes weather was too cold to grow spices, so they came to southeast asia to trade for spices. singapore served as a convenient trading port linking from europe so they can earn more money.

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-had a supply of drinking water

-a good location

-spice trade

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China had tea, which the British wanted quite badly because at that time, tea was grown in china and not many other countries. Hence the British were attracted to Southeast Asia and wanted to trade their opium for the Chinese tea

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the british needed to facilitate lucrative trade with china due to failure of their other ports in that area.

breaking of dutch monopoly over trade led to british setting up port in SEA

early 19th century, malay archipelago was center of trade activities, especially in selling spices that were at low price but at high demand. (europeans saw this as huge profits to gain, great source of income)

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Penang and Bencoolen were not good and they needed new places with good locations to facilitate the trade.

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It had a sheltered harbour.

It had an good supply of drinking water.

It was located right off the Southern tip of the Straits of Melaka and also served as a halfway port for traders travelling in between India and China.

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Accessible drinking water

Good harbour that was sheltered

Could benefit from the location

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Tea was grown only in China. The British wanted to trade for tea in exchange for their products. The emperor did not want to trade with them, but the British had opium, which was craved but illegal in China. So, in order to get tea, the British shipped opium to China and traded with smugglers for tea.

Initially EIC was set up to foster and expand trade in the East Indies and Far East from a company trading in spice and raw material for the growing industries in England. They interfered in the administration of the small kingdoms that existed there during that time and took sides with the different rulers. The king became a puppet and the kingdom was taken over by the British, and they waged war with the kingdoms and won the other kingdoms. The company reigned supreme in India and other Asian and African countries, colonising many areas and expanding the British Empire.

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The british wanted a new port as their current ports were located at an inconvenient place for ships, which would make less ships go to the ports. They also wanted to have a good trading port to control the spice trade because the dutch was monopolizing the spice trade.

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1. singapore had accessible drinking water and food supplies

2. sheltered harbour

3. agreement with local rulers

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Were there other European powers competing with the British and the Dutch around Southeast Asia?

Who else, other than Raffles, Farquhar and Crawford, helped to develop Singapore as a Port City?

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The ports the British had did not have a strategic location. Their two ports were Penang and Bencoolen. Bencoolen and Penang were too far away from the main trade route, so little ships would pass through both ports to refuel and trade.

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What were the European’s first impression of Singapore?

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the british ports were in penang and bencoolen which wasnt a good location for traders from some parts of the world to pass by. such as traders from india and china. hence they established singapore as a port to secure lucrative trade with china.

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british and chinaa trade :

british sold opium to china, china sold tea to british.

chinese addicted to opium, more trading of tea for opium.

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In Southeast Asia, the British needed to monitor the spread of the Dutch and their ports. They also needed to secure lucrative trade with china, and a port of call to ensure the safety of their ships. Bencoolen and Penang were at inconvenient locations, thus they were searching for a port, and soon found Singapore.

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What were the Europeans first impression of Singapore?

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1. Singapore had a good location. It was between India and China so it got the most of the Indian Chinese trade as ships from India and China would pass through Singapore to refuel and trade.

2. Singapore had many different spices from around the world so it attracted traders as spices were most sought after.

3. There was an abundant supply of drinking water in Singapore

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good shelter

good location

abundent drinking water

could become a hospital harbour

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The Dutch had monopolised the trade in Southeast Asia and imposed high taxes for British traders.The greatly cut the profit for the British.The British had to protect the lucrative India-China trade.

The ports the the British currently had,Penang and Bencoolen were bad.Bencoolen was too far away from the main trade route to facilitate as a refueling point and cannot be made into a naval base while Penang was also too far away and lacked natural resources.

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Singapore got chosen as a port because it had a good location, it was right in the middle of the route the Chinese took to get to Europe and the Europeans took to get to china. This made it a good trading port because it was a port where sailers could stock up on food, water and coal.

The monsoon winds were also in Singapore’s favour as the northeast winds would carry ships coming from Europe higher to china, making it easier to take that route, letting more people from Europe take the route. The southwest monsoon winds would carry Chinese sailers down further to Europe , letting more Chinese take that route and put stop at Singapore. This let trade flourish as more people passed through the straits of Melaka, which is why Singapore was chosen to be made a port.

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Singapore was selected as a trading port becuase it was a sheltered habour, had clean easily assesible wet water and was along the straits of melaka, where more ships would stop by to replenish resources.

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The Dutch VOC monopolised spice trade of nutmeg and controlled some trade routes. The Dutch were getting a lot of money. The British did not have access to nutmeg because of the Dutch. So, in order to control some of the spice trade, the British needed to find another more suitable port.