Interest in strategic port locations
Desire for resources e.g. Spices
Sea Routes
Outsiders gained control of regions in southeast Asia through conquest and colonization.
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For Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War.
Herman Willem Daendels and Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
Geography made southeast Asia important by trading spices and silk.
Gold
rubber
yes
They were unable to compete with large landowners, and they were forced to leave their land and work on plantations
The Europeans introduced modern technology and expanded commerce and industry in Southeast Asia.
Oil