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Stamford Raffles arrived in Singapore with William Farquhar. Reconginizing the potential of Singapore, he negotiated a trade with local rulers and made Singapore a trading station. Singapore's policy of free trade started to attract merchants from many different countries.
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Singapore's status as a British's possession was formalized by two treaties. One was Anglo-Dutch treaty and the other one was made with Sultan Hussein and Temenggong Abdu'r Rahman in August.
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Singapore became a center government for Straits settlement. Singapore attracted thousands of migrants fom many different countries.
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Suez canal opened and this allowed Singapore to get more money from trade. With the opening of Suez canal, Singapore became a center of trade between East and West. Its prosperity attracted immigrants from nearby regions.
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Japanese starts to attack Singapore. Island was bombed everyday until British surrenders. After the surrender from British, Japanese captured Singapore
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Japanese military police, Kempeitai killed about 25,000 to 50,000 people during Sookching Massacre. They killed anyone whom they perceived as anti-japanese. During the Japanese colonization, Singapore was renamed syonan which means light of thes south. Japanese also established schools and educated singaporeans in Japanese.
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After Japan surreders, Brtish did not turn to Singapore immediately so Singapore was in chaos. About two months after the surrender of Japan, Singapore was officially returned to British.
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Last British military forces withdrawed from Singapore, showing that Singapore is no more a colony.
