USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Portugal was the first European power to establish a bridgehead in maritime Southeast Asia with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511. The Netherlands and Spain followed and soon superseded Portugal as the main European powers in the region. In 1599, Spain began to colonise the Philippines.

Detailed explanation-2: -While American colonies came together to form the United States of America, three countries were carved out of British India-India, Pakistan, and later Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through the use of direct military force, economic spheres of influence, and annexation, European countries dominated the continents of Africa and Asia. By 1914, Great Britain controlled the largest number of colonies, and the phrase, “the sun never sets on the British Empire, ” described the vastness of its holdings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. Over the course of the nineteenth century, Southeast Asia is colonized by Britain, France, and Holland. In 1799, the Dutch government takes over the Dutch East India Company’s rule of parts of the Indonesian archipelago.