4Ws of the European Colonization of Southeast Asia

1. Why

1.1. Economic Factor

1.1.1. Need to protect trade interest and trade interest

1.1.2. Need for raw materials

1.1.3. need for new markets

1.2. Political Factor

1.2.1. Rivalry among European powers

1.3. Social Factor

1.3.1. The local European officials supported the idea of colonisation

1.3.2. White man`s burden

2. When

2.1. Pre Colonisation

2.1.1. Names that were called for Southeast Asia

2.1.1.1. Suvarnadipa

2.1.1.2. Nanyang

2.1.2. Religion

2.1.2.1. Confucianism

2.1.2.2. Islam

2.1.3. Politics

2.1.3.1. Chiefs

2.1.3.1.1. Leader of a tribe

2.1.3.2. Sultan

2.1.3.2.1. People often called Sultans as Gods on earth

3. Who

3.1. Portugal

3.2. France

3.3. Spain

3.4. Britain

3.5. Netherlands

4. Where

4.1. Indonesia (Dutch east Indies)

4.2. Malaysia (Malaya)

4.3. Papua New Guinea (Dutch New Guinea)

4.4. Philippines

4.5. Myanmar (Burma)

4.6. Vietnam (French Indochina)

4.7. Timor