Photographs of Early Singapore, Raffles and William Farquhar

William Farquhar

Singapore of Singapore River and as a small fishing village

 Picture of Sir Stamford Raffles


Picture of early Singapore
Singapore flag!!!

Timeline of Raffle's founding Singapore

Early 19th century	-The Dutch had monopoly over the major trade routes - The British trade with china and India had become very lucrative. -The British needed a suitable trading port for their trade. -They had to pay high fees for  using the port and  heavy taxes on goods which they sold or bought. -The British could only trade  with the ports that are being controlled by the Dutch -As a result, the British were very  unhappy and wanted to find a new port.
1818	-Raffles wrote a letter to the British saying that the British do not  have any ground between India and China. -The British was prompted to search for a new trading port.
28 January 1819	-Raffles found Singapore to be  a good port. -He stated that Singapore  had superior advantages  which other islands did not have. -He also learnt from the Orang Lauts that the Dutch were  not on this island.
29 January 1819	-Raffles arrived in Singapore and  soon recognized the island as a  natural choice for the new port. -Raffles found a small Malay  settlement, with a population of  a few hundred, at the mouth of the Singapore River, headed by Temenggong Abdu'r Rahman. -The island was nominally ruled by the Sultan of Johor, Tengku Rahman, who was controlled by the  Dutch and the Bugis.

6 February 1819	-A formal treaty was signed  between Sultan Hussien, the  Temenggong and the Bristish. -Sultan Hussien allowed the  British to use the island as a port  and the British would pay him $5000.
1819 to 1824	-The Dutch were angry with  Raffles for setting up a  settlement in Singapore as  they felt that Singapore indirectly  belonged to them. -This was the start of the  "paper war" -On 1824, a treaty between  the Dutch and British was signed  and it was decided that the  British could use Singapore as a port.
2011-3 March	- HAPPY SINGAPORE!

Written by: Teo Xue Shen

                  Loy Yoke Yue

                  Dave Zhang

                  Zhang Yi Ran

                  Axel Lau Wei En