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