Revision Questions: O level

Chapter Two: Increased Western Interest in Brunei

a. Who was appointed as the first US-Consul General in Brunei?
b. Which Sultan of Brunei accepted the First US-Consul General in Brunei?
c. What did the Sultan hope to gain from the US Consulate?
d. What was the result of the treaty signed betweeen Sultan Abdul Momin and Moses on 11 August 1865?
e. What were the terms of the treaty signed on 11 August 1865?
f. Give the reasons for the friction between Moses and Sultan Abdul Momin?
g. What did Overbeck do to protect his original lease?
h. Give teh result of the negotiation between Overbeck and Sultan of Sulu?
i. Why did Overbeck sell his rights to the lease to a British, Alfred Dent?
j. Who formed the British North Borneo (c) Company? and when?
k. What was the restriction imposed upon the British North Borneo Company by the British Government?
l. What were the advantages and disadvantages for the British North Borneo Company in obtaining the Royal Charter?
m. Why did the Spanish and the Dutch oppose over the British North Borneo Company's presence in North Borneo?
n. How did the British remove the Spanish and Dutch opposition?
o. What were the two different policies of the British in Borneo?