Which of the Following Is Not a True Statement About

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a true statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in Southeast Asia?

• 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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