Pure_History_Unit_1.1

Unit 1.1: British Colonisation of Malaya TIMELINE OF KEY EVENTS Year Events 1824 ● Anglo-Dutch Treaty ​ was signed. Led to the ​ creation of Dutch and British spheres of influence in SEA 1826 ● British ​ Straits Settlements ​ was formed: ​ Melaka ​ , ​ Penang ​ and Singapore 1861 ● First Larut War ​ . Resulted due to arguments over control of watercourse to mines ​ between the ​ Ghee Hins ​ and the ​ Hai Sans ​ . 1865 ● June: ​ Second Larut Wa ​ r 1867 ● April: The ​ Straits Settlement became a Crown Colony 1871 ● Second Anglo-Dutch Treaty signed ● Third Larut War ​ . Resulted between the ​ Ghee Hins ​ and ​ Hai Sans ​ regarding the ​ succession disputes for the Sultan of Perak between ​ Raja Abdullah ​ and Raja Ismail 1874 ● Pangkor Treaty ​ signed ○ First British Resident ​ , James Birch ​ , appointed in Malaya (Perak) ○ Residential System introduced 1875 ● First British Resident ​ Birch ​ killed ● Perak War ​ begins ● British Resident appointed in Selangor 1877 ● Hugh Low ​ appointed as the

fourth Resident in Perak ● State Council ​ formed 1885 ● Johor ​ and ​ Britain ​ signed a treaty of equality and alliance 1888 ● February: British subject murdered in ​ Pekan ​ near sultan’s palace. British intervene. ● British Resident appointed in Pahang 1889 ● British Resident appointed in Negeri Sembilan 1896 ● The ​ Federated Malay States (FMS) ​ formed under the federal government ● Frank Swettenham ​ becomes the ​ First Resident General ● FMS becomes ​ world’s largest tin producer ​ ​ by 1898 1904 ● British Resident appointed in Johor 1909 ● Bangkok Treaty ​ signed [also known as the ​ Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 ​ ] ○ All of ​ Siam ​ ’s ​ ​ rights in Perlis ​ , ​ Kelantan ​ and Terengganu ​ transferred to the British ● Unfederated Malay States (UFMS) ​ formed 1910 ● Kelantan ​ accepted a British advisor 1919 ● Terengganu ​ accepted a British Advisor 1923 ● Kedah ​ accepted a British Advisor 1930 ● Perlis ​ accepted a British Advisor ● British ​ colonisation ​ of Malaya completed ​ .

Reasons for British Intervention in Malaya Political Factors Point Example(s) Reason To ​ expand ​ the British Empire ● A federated ​ Germany ​ was created after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 ​ . ● France ​ particularly suffered significant losses and ​ sought to regain its prestige through imperialism. ● Germany ​ was also determined to colonise any uncolonised areas ​ as part of the race for colonies. ● Anglo-Dutch rivalry intensified ​ in the region as the ​ Dutch ​ had long established a foothold in Indonesia ​ and ​ grew fiercer in the race for colonies ​ . ● Germany ​ became a powerful state that changed the ​ ​ balance of power ​ in Europe. ●