Two hundred years ago, Singapore was a jungle. An obscure tropical island barely inhabitable. Today it is an Asian Tiger. An economic giant. This City state has no natural re. Its land is infertile. So why has it lured so many people seeking their fortune. Today, Singapore has been shaped by one man……… he Ruled the country for a ¼ of a century leading into the modern age. But what was S before Lee, How did it ever into the world’s stage. “unless you know where you are from, unless you know what your ancestors have been through, You have no reference point. what makes us different from say the Tais,or the Filipinos or sri lankas the difference is How we came here how, we developed? And That requires sense of history.” Singapore’s history can
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Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles A man with a vision ahead of his time. The merchants simple saw the area as a trading post but raffles wanted to change the world make the place better. Raffles was Facinated by Singapore history and he organized an archeological survey of the island looking for evidence of its glorious 14th century past. Back then S was an important island at the center of a thriving Malay kingdom it was known as tomas It was known as tim Raffles realized that there had been a former stately Kingdom and wanted to develop a new Singapore that would be guided by the British. But ruffles had no legal right to do anything on this malay island without the blessings of the Malay Sultan The local Saltan of J had already ruled out tmaking any deals with the british but he had a disgruntled older brother Huissain with a rightful claim to his throne. Raffles realized this and snuck Husissain into S wi Without any authority, he proclaimed him to be the rightful Sultan – in effect he carried out a coo. Raffle created a sultan in Singapore out of thin air Having installed his own sultan, raffles organized a formal hand over of …show more content…
Back then the world’s largest corporation was based back in London The East Indian C was unlike any merchant company of old. It had its own civil service and army and ruled over Ruled over a 5th of world population. Its network of trade routes stretched across half the world In its hay day, the company generated more revenue than Briton itself and its most valuable cargo – was tea Since the days of Marco Polo, Chinese tea had become immensely popular in europe ½ the company’s profits came from suppling this one fashionable drink. “The british cultivated a particular liking for tea and the market is growing all the time and the East India company found this was a major item for their business and kept the company going but what cold they pay for the tea with they had relatively little to sell in china to pay for the tea this was a problem for the company for a long time until eventually they discovered
Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles A man with a vision ahead of his time. The merchants simple saw the area as a trading post but raffles wanted to change the world make the place better. Raffles was Facinated by Singapore history and he organized an archeological survey of the island looking for evidence of its glorious 14th century past. Back then S was an important island at the center of a thriving Malay kingdom it was known as tomas It was known as tim Raffles realized that there had been a former stately Kingdom and wanted to develop a new Singapore that would be guided by the British. But ruffles had no legal right to do anything on this malay island without the blessings of the Malay Sultan The local Saltan of J had already ruled out tmaking any deals with the british but he had a disgruntled older brother Huissain with a rightful claim to his throne. Raffles realized this and snuck Husissain into S wi Without any authority, he proclaimed him to be the rightful Sultan – in effect he carried out a coo. Raffle created a sultan in Singapore out of thin air Having installed his own sultan, raffles organized a formal hand over of …show more content…
Back then the world’s largest corporation was based back in London The East Indian C was unlike any merchant company of old. It had its own civil service and army and ruled over Ruled over a 5th of world population. Its network of trade routes stretched across half the world In its hay day, the company generated more revenue than Briton itself and its most valuable cargo – was tea Since the days of Marco Polo, Chinese tea had become immensely popular in europe ½ the company’s profits came from suppling this one fashionable drink. “The british cultivated a particular liking for tea and the market is growing all the time and the East India company found this was a major item for their business and kept the company going but what cold they pay for the tea with they had relatively little to sell in china to pay for the tea this was a problem for the company for a long time until eventually they discovered