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the Thai came from southern China. The people settled in the Khmer area. Around this time Bhuddism was replacing hinduism.
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Europe around this time was searching for goods. The portugese led this expidition. They were looking for spices in the process of finding this area.
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when most countries were under colonial powers in southeast Asia
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Ferdinand found the phillipines and claimed it for Spain. They came to colonize, trade, and spread Chhristianity. The philippines were vastly affected by this in the future
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The Dutch came and drove portugal out of southeast Asia. portugal only kept the island of Timor. Then the dutch controlled the trade routes around southeast Asia
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The French and British established colonies with plantations in southeast Asia, railroads, and mines. A lot of people from China and India came to work there. They spread chritianity too.
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The U.S. won the Philippeans in 1898 during the Spanish-American war. In 1900 mostly colonial powers ruled most of southeast Asia. Only Thailand remained independent.
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The Japanese invaded and occupied southeast Asia during WWII. The U.S. gave the philippines independance. Soon, many southeast Asian countries fought for independence.
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The U.S. decided to defend south Vietnam in the 1960's. This was to prevent the domino theory from happening. The domino theory states that if one country fell to communism the others would fall like dominos.
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communists took over Cambonia and laos in 1975. This was bacause of the Civil wars happening at the time. In 1978 Vietnam overthrew the communist goverment in Combonia
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Khmer were the earliest advanced civilization in southeast Asia. The angkor Wat is a sprawling temple the Khmer built. The temple suggests that they were mostly Hindu in religion.
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The time before the colonization of Southeast Asia
