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== [|Location of Thailand] Short History of Thailand==

1782-1851

 * **1782 King Rama I came to throne**
 * ===1785-1802 many boder wars were fought one after another===


 * ===modernization began and continued through 1910===
 * ===1855 Thailand signed a treaty with Britian which started interational trade===
 * ===Thailand was the only state in South Asia to stay free of colonial rule during this time===

1918-1939

 * **King of this time was Vajiravudh**
 * **great depression effected Thailand bad**
 * **in 1929 the population was 11,506,207**
 * **but in 1937 it was 14,464,489**
 * **of this 95% were buddhists 5% muslims, and 85% sicimese, and 5% chinese**

Economic Information
Some natural resources are tin, rubber, natural gas, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fuuoriteand arable.**
 * Many crops are grown here such as sugar cane, kenaf, tobacco, pineapples and coffee beans.