Historical Analysis of Politics and Government in the Reign of King Chulalongkorn : 1868-1910.

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to conduct a politics and government in the reign of King Chulalongkorn : 1868-1910. During the reign of King Chulalogkorn, there two driving forces which let the King make so many historic reforms which affected the destiny of his nation : the domestic affair problems and the western imperial aggressions. According to the domestic affair problems, King Choulalongkorn tried to take political measures to centralize his powers successfully. He reorganized the tax system by establishing a central revenue department. He abolished the Second King System, the so-called Wang-Kna. The King also founded 12 new ministries, established a new provincial administration, Month on, as well as proclaiming emancipation of slavery and freeing the commoners (prai) from the curve burden, and etc. In overcoming the threat from the foreign powers, King Chulalingkorn succeeded in preserving his nation’s independence by yielding certaing border areas to France and England. All of the progressive policy reforms of King Chulalongkorn and his ceaseless efforts to bring siam into the modern world, have been evolved and consolidated up until the present day.