Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Malaya
- Reasons for british intervention
- Economic
- Need for raw materials
- Tin
- >Canning industry
was becoming very
profitable in europe.
>Discovery of large tin
deposits in the malay
states provided the
british with
opportunities for
greater profits.
>Extending control
over these states will
enmsure a steady
supply of tin.
- Rubber
- >When the automobile industry
began to grow, worldwide
demand for rubber rose.
>British had to take control over
the interior of the malay
peninsula as it became a major
rubber producer for the world.
- Need for new markets
- >Needed new markets
to sell mass-produce
goods they had
manufactured from
british factories.
- Need for new bases
- >Opening of suez canal (1969) brought
more europeans into asia faster.
>Needed to secure more bases to
strengthen foothold over trade in asia
(especially against piracy in the straits of
meleka.
- Political
- To build the british empire
- >Because of the threat they faced
from the other european powers.
>British wanted to maintain a
competitive edge over the european
rivals (Dutch, Germans) by building an overseas
empire.
- Social
- Need for social stability
- British had to intervene to keep peace for trade.
- Wars among tin miners.
- The fiercest rivalry occurred
between the Ghee Hins (mostly
cantonese & Hokkiens) & the Hai
sans (mostly hakkas) while working
on tin mines of Larut in north perak.
- Succession disputes
- Caused tensions &
conflicts that drove the
state into chaos. (Eg. In
perak, sultan ali died in
1871, there was no clear
successor & 3 claimants
fought to take the
throne.
- Desire of merchants,
businessmen & local officials for
british intervention
- >They appealed to the british for
intervention as they wanted law & order in
order to carry out business in a stable & safe
environment. (Eg. The 'man on the spot' in
this case was Sir andrew clarke)
- Responses
- Impact