Which Statement About Nineteenth-Century Western Expansion in Southeast Asia Is

question 73

Multiple Choice

Which statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in Southeast Asia is FALSE?

• A) The British established their control over Burma.
• B) Burma retained its independence.
• C) The French forcibly created their Indochinese Union.
• D) Thailand remained independent, as a result of mutual British and French interests.
• E) The Philippines became an American spoil of war with Spain, in spite of efforts by local insurgents to change that outcome.

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