Answer:
European influence suppressed East Asian culture, enslaved citizens and imposed monoculture export plantation. This has generated direct reflections on the citizens' way of life.
Explanation:
The process of occupation and exploration of the Asian continent by the European powers occurred in the nineteenth century. However, this process did not happen equally within Asia, it varied from one region to another. Until the nineteenth century the Asians had almost no contact with the European peoples except the merchant travelers.
The distinction between the exploration process within the continent and the occupation of Southeast Asia and East Asia. The insertion of a new culture from the European colonization generated direct reflections in the way of life of many civilizations.
The traditional cultivation of rice aroused in the Europeans a great interest in the lands of East Asia, in which the planting of this culture was developed many centuries ago. Faced with the interest of Europeans in this region of Asia, there were many conflicts to determine ownership and exploitation.
With climatic conditions (hot and rainy) viable to plant tropical crops, Europeans planted plantations (export monoculture). In territories dominated by French, rice was produced. In English domains the extraction was of the rubber tree and, in regions controlled by Dutch, the cultivation of the sugar cane was developed. During the process of colonization of Asia the Europeans faced resistance by some nations, among them Indian and Chinese. Both had a well-organized social structure, and a large army. Faithfulness to religious principles and moral conduct of the civilizations cited further strengthened the resistance to the insertion of another culture. Despite the efforts of these civilizations to protect their identity and their wealth, they were defeated by the Europeans, which made them enslaved and often dead.
