Think about how this trade relates to Southeast Asia

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

-india china trade

-abundant supply of drinking water

-good shelter harbour

-the location was good

-an abundance of assessible drinking water

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?

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

-a naturally sheltered harbour

-good supply of drinking water

-location at the southern tip of the straits of melaka

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).

-a good location

-spice trade

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)

Good harbour that was sheltered

Could benefit from the location

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Who arrived in Southeast Asia first?

Why did they go to Southesast Asia?

Where did they go first?

What did they do in Southeast Asia?

How did they get to Southeast Asia?

did they try to establish another port before finding singapore?

if the journey was long what do they do while taveling?

how much food do they bring while travelling.

How did the straits of Melaka come to be?

Who named the straits of Melaka?

It had a good location

Had an abundance of water

2:Abundant supply of drinking water

3:The naturally sheltered harbour

Had Europeans have war with china before?