The first Malay state being conquered by Western colonialism was Malacca by Portugal in 1511, the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824. In 1786, Penang was leased by Kedah to the British East India Company. By 1826 the British directly controlled Penang and Malacca as the part of crown colony of the Straits Settlements.
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| - The first Malay state being conquered by Western colonialism was Malacca by Portugal in 1511, the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824. In 1786, Penang was leased by Kedah to the British East India Company. By 1826 the British directly controlled Penang and Malacca as the part of crown colony of the Straits Settlements.
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| - Persekutuan Tanah Melayu
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| - The first Malay state being conquered by Western colonialism was Malacca by Portugal in 1511, the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824. In 1786, Penang was leased by Kedah to the British East India Company. By 1826 the British directly controlled Penang and Malacca as the part of crown colony of the Straits Settlements. By the 20th century, the states of Pahang, Selangor, Perak, and Negeri Sembilan, known together as the Federated Malay States, had British Residents appointed to advise the Malay rulers, to whom the rulers were bound to defer by treaty. The remaining five Malay states, known as the Unfederated Malay States, while not directly under British rule, also accepted British advisers around the turn of the 20th century. Unlike some colonial powers, the British always saw their empire as primarily an economic concern, and its colonies were expected to turn a profit for British shareholders. Malaya’s obvious attractions were its tin and gold mines, but British planters soon began to experiment with tropical plantation crops such as tapioca, gambier, pepper, and coffee. In 1877 the rubber plant was introduced from Brazil and rubber soon became Malaya’s staple export. Rubber was later joined by palm oil as an export earner. As these industries required a large labor force, the British then started to import plantation workers from British India. The mines, mills and docks also attracted a flood of immigrant workers from southern China. The loss of their political sovereignty to the British and of economic power to the Chinese led the rise of nationalistic and anti-colonialist sentiment among the Malay society. This sentiment was geared further when the colonial government fostered education for Malays. A small class of Malay nationalist intellectuals began to emerge from the Malay training colleges during the early 20th century. In 1938, Ibrahim Yaacob, a graduate of Sultan Idris College, established the Young Malays Union (Malay: Kesatuan Melayu Muda, KMM) in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first nationalist political organization in British Malaya, advocating for the union of all Malays regardless of origin, and fighting for Malay rights and against British Imperialism. The KMM specifically called for the unification of British Malaya and Dutch East Indies. The KMM and several other Malay organizations, such as the Union of Selangor Malays, later organized the first Malay Congress in August 1939 in Kuala Lumpur.
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