History Seq Notes

What are the two external events that had affected Singapore? One of the external events that had affected Singapore is the industrial revolution. With the industrial revolution, there is new inventions of machineries such as the steamships, spinning machines and steam engine. The steamship is much more faster and allows people to travel to Singapore in a shorter amount of time, the spinning machines allows large quantities of goods to be produced easily. As a result with the inventions of steamships and spinning machines , there is an increase in the amount of ships and goods arriving in Singapore thus also increasing in the amount of trade in Singapore, as a result the economy of Singapore also increased greatly.
One of the external events that had affected Singapore is the opening of Suez Canal. With the opening of suez canal, the route from Europe to Singapore is much more shorter. As a result when the route from Europe to Singapore is shorter, traders will think that Singapore is a profitable place to trade as it is fast and cheap to travel to Singapore, thus this greatly increase in the number of trade in Singapore which also brings prosperity to Singapore when the economy of Singapore greatly increase. This is one of the external events that had affected Singapore.
What are the reasons for japan to attack Asia in the 1930s?
One of the reason for japan to attack Asia in the 1930s is because japan needs raw material from asia. As asia is rich in oil and raw material, and japan needed raw material for survival and for its economy growth thus as a result, japan attack asia in the 1930s to obtain raw material from asia.
One of the reasons for japan to attack asia in the 1930s is because japan wanted to become the master of pacific region and Asia. When japan wanted to be the master of pacific region and asia, japan attack asia and conquer the territories in asia to gain more territories to expand its empire and economy and also making use of the resources