Chulalongkorn and the foundations of modern Thailand
Mongkut was succeeded by his 15-year-old son Chulalongkorn (Rama V; reigned 1868–1910). Because of Chulalongkorn’s youth, the country was ruled by a regent until the prince came of age in 1873.
Chulalongkorn was faced with continuing Western pressure, and he maintained his father’s policy of making territorial concessions to the West in the hope that Siam could retain its overall independence. In 1893, after French gunboats forced their way up the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok, he was forced to cede to France all Lao territories east of the Mekong River, and in 1907 the French took over three territories in northwestern Cambodia and Lao territory west of the Mekong that had been under Siamese suzerainty.
Two years later the Siamese government lost rights over four Malay states to the British. The creation of a modern military was in fact a direct response to the threat of domination Siam faced, particularly from France, in the late 19th century.
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