180 year of Thai-U.S in brief

180 Years of Thai - U.S. Relations

The gift presented to HM King Rama III by American envoy Edmund Roberts in 1833 from President Andrew Jackson.

Thailand‐United States Educational Foundation TUSEF/Fulbright Thailand)

Comparative Timeline and Highlights Chakri Dynasty

The U.S.

King Rama I (1782-1809)

Beginning of the new Era

George Washington (1789-1797)

King Rama II (1809-1824)

1821 – the 1st American Ship reached Bangkok

King Rama III (1824-1851)

1833 – the 1st American envoy and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (the 1st official diplomatic relations)

Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

King Rama IV (1868-1910)

Modernization (with helps from Missionaries)

Andrew Johnson (1868-1869) Theodore Roosevelt (19011909)

King Rama VII (1925-1935)

Post-war period

Flanklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1935)

King Rama IX (1946-present)

Strengthen ties with established pubic, private, non-profit organizations

Harry S. Truman – Barak Obama (1946-present)

James Monroe (1817-1824)

Public Health The Legacy of American Missionaries Education

• Modern medicine (i.e.

quinine, smallpox vaccine)/technique (i.e. surgery, x-ray machine) and concept of sanitation • Hospitals (i.e. McCormick)

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Education for peasants (boys and girls) • Public schools • Medical education (scholarships)

Printing

• introduction of press

• Newspapers (Bangkok Recorder – 1st newspaper)

Politics & Security

• bi-national & multinational cooperation/agreements • Thailand = Major Non NATO Ally •annual joint military training

Economics • AMCHAM • Thailand = U.S. 27th largest good trading partner and largest good export market in 2011, 19th largest supplier of goods import - Office of the United States Trade Representative

• U.S. = Thai 4th largest supplier of goods import –

Department of International Trade Promotion

• Fulbright Thailand Education • AFS • Peace Corp Thailand •American University Alumni Association (AUAA) •U.S. = one of the top destinations among Thai students (15th largest international students in the U.S. – iie.org)

Culture & •Thai = 10th largest People Asian group in the U.S. (237,583) – Pew Research Center • U.S. = 11th largest group of tourists to Thailand in 2011 – Department of tourism