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Name: Wang Minghui
Matriculation no. A0105569Y
Tutor’s name: Dr Donna Brunero
Tutorial group: GE2
Total word count: part1-1137 words; part2-264 words.
Part1:
About two hundred years ago, Raffles arrived at a small fishing village in Melaka Strait, took charge of it and started a new generation. Now, this small fishing village is named Singapore and became one of the most globalized countries in the world. Raffles, the adventurer in 1819, is still an iconic hero in Singapore’s social memory. This paper will interpret the founding of Singapore in 1819 as a result of four main factors: Raffles’ ambition as a clerk of the East India Company, the Anglo- Dutch competition, Malay policy and Temasek’s revival as a trading emporium in 14th century.
First of all, the competitions between British and Dutch advanced EIC’s process of finding Singapore. Even though Dutch and British had been allies in the Glorious Revolution, with the colonial expansion of British, Dutch gradually lost their dominance of global trade. There were four Anglo-Dutch wars from 1652-1784 which showed how intense the Anglo-Dutch competitions were. Since Dutch controlled Batavia in 1619, EIC stepped up their expansion in Southeast Asia. When EIC had already took control in India, EIC was eager to find an outpost expand trade, secure trade routes and to secure bases for trade in Southeast Asia to against Dutch’s dominance in this region. Hence, EIC sent Raffles to Southeast Asia to find a strategic location for British to secure their trades. History proves that Singapura turned out to be the culmination of EIC’s expansion in Southeast Asia. In a word, finding Singapura to make it an outpost of EIC was one of British strategic step of expanding their control and ensure their secure in Southeast Asia.
Secondly, the founding of Singapore can be seen as a result of Raffles’ personal ambitions as an employee of the East India Company (EIC). The East India Company is seen as an anomaly in the
Matriculation no. A0105569Y
Tutor’s name: Dr Donna Brunero
Tutorial group: GE2
Total word count: part1-1137 words; part2-264 words.
Part1:
About two hundred years ago, Raffles arrived at a small fishing village in Melaka Strait, took charge of it and started a new generation. Now, this small fishing village is named Singapore and became one of the most globalized countries in the world. Raffles, the adventurer in 1819, is still an iconic hero in Singapore’s social memory. This paper will interpret the founding of Singapore in 1819 as a result of four main factors: Raffles’ ambition as a clerk of the East India Company, the Anglo- Dutch competition, Malay policy and Temasek’s revival as a trading emporium in 14th century.
First of all, the competitions between British and Dutch advanced EIC’s process of finding Singapore. Even though Dutch and British had been allies in the Glorious Revolution, with the colonial expansion of British, Dutch gradually lost their dominance of global trade. There were four Anglo-Dutch wars from 1652-1784 which showed how intense the Anglo-Dutch competitions were. Since Dutch controlled Batavia in 1619, EIC stepped up their expansion in Southeast Asia. When EIC had already took control in India, EIC was eager to find an outpost expand trade, secure trade routes and to secure bases for trade in Southeast Asia to against Dutch’s dominance in this region. Hence, EIC sent Raffles to Southeast Asia to find a strategic location for British to secure their trades. History proves that Singapura turned out to be the culmination of EIC’s expansion in Southeast Asia. In a word, finding Singapura to make it an outpost of EIC was one of British strategic step of expanding their control and ensure their secure in Southeast Asia.
Secondly, the founding of Singapore can be seen as a result of Raffles’ personal ambitions as an employee of the East India Company (EIC). The East India Company is seen as an anomaly in the