East Africa was able to resist European conquest
South Australia is the only Australian state to have never received convicts. It was founded as an entirely free state, and remained that way throughout Australia's colonial period.
Siam remained independent because the kind of Siam kept playing the French and the British against each other.
Under the Article of Confederation each state remained independent.
ANSWER The Republic of Venice and that of Genoa remained independent until the end of the 18th century. The Republic of San Marino is still nowadays independent.
Thailand
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Thailand because of two remarkable rulers, King Mongkut and his son King Chulalongkorn. Both promoted Wester learning and maintained friendly relations with the major European powers.
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Thailand is the only country in Southeast Asia that have never been colonized.
The loyalists remained loyal to the British throughout the American Revolution.
Thailand remained free.
East Africa was able to resist European conquest
The only two truly independent countries in Africa are South Africa and Ethiopia. However, Ethiopia in the one that is considered to be absolutely independent as it was never colonized.
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The two African countries that remained independent are Liberia and Ethiopia.
The principle of civil control of the military remained intact, the true legacy of Colonial policing after the Revolutionary War.