1. European Footholds in Southeast Asia
Section 14-3 pp

2. Preview Questions
How did the Portuguese and the Dutch build empires in the East?
How did Spain control the Philippines?
How did the decline of Mughal India affect European traders?

4. Portugal’s Empire in the East
Portugal is the first nation to gain a foothold in SE Asia
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Won over local Indian princes
Seized island of Goa in 1510
Used military force to take control of the port of Malacca and the Malacca Strait
Afonso de Albuquerque

6. Portugal’s Empire in the East
Military and Trading Outposts
Used to control empire and resupply ships
Strategies made Europeans feared and hated
Control trade between Europe and Asia
Impact
Portuguese lose control of trade
Intolerant missionaries attack Muslims & Hindus
New outposts in SE Asia and E Africa

7. Rise of the Dutch First nation to challenge Portugal in SE Asia
Sea Power
Motivated by profit of sea trade
Sailors set up colonies (Ex: Cape Town)

8. Rise of the Dutch A Powerful Dutch Company Dutch East India Company
Full sovereign powers
Strategy
Military force
Ties with local rulers
Controlled Malacca Strait
Opened trade with China
Established a monopoly over Spice Islands
Dutch also placed Chinese in positions of power and used a system of forced labor

9. Spain Seizes the Philippines
Spain claimed Philippines in 1521
Missionaries brought Catholicism to SE Asia
Use as crossover between North American and China

10. The British East India Company controlled India by the late 1700s
Mughal India
India had valuable textiles and spices
Religious civil wars and government corruption caused collapse of empire
French and British fought for control of India in 1700’s – used sepoys
The British East India Company controlled India by the late 1700s