| A | B |
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| Monkut's Social Reforms | Abolished practice of foreigners prostrating before him; subjects allowed to look at him; made many public appearances |
| Mongkut's Economic Reforms | Commercial treaties with western powers; Trade concessions to western traders; royal mint |
| Mongkut's Foreign Policy | Opened Siam to the West; traded with the west; to preserve Siam's independence; more cordial to Britain than to France. Why? |
| Chulalongkorn's Social Reforms | Abloshed traditional custom of prostrating before the King; abolished slavery in 1874; outlawed gambling; abolished corvee and conscription |
| Chulalongkorn's Fiscal Reforms | Implemented a system of auditing and accounting; Reorg local administration; collection of taxes placed under Ministry of Interior; published first national budget in 1901 |
| Chulalongkorn's Foreign Policy | Concessionist policy and giving up territories to maintain Siam's independence; |
| Vajiravudh's Social Reforms | Abolished royal harem; enacted laws on monogamy; promoted education |
| Vajiravudh's Nationalism | Published articles in Siamese newspapers; patronized Siamese art, literature and theatre |
| Vajiravudh's Foreign Policy | International recognition for Siam; internal control over foreigners; supported Allies in WWI |
| Prajahipok's Social Reforms | Ensured law of monogamy; built museum and state library |
| Prajahipok's Financial Reforms | Reduced govt expd; reduced living allowance on Civil List; reduce number of royal pages |
| Prajahipok's Foreign Policies | Signed new treaties with the West to increase foreign trade; increased customs duties |
| Mongkut's Communications Reforms | Built roads, canals, bridges; improved telegraphic comms; built ships and steamers |
| Mongkut's Educational Reforms | Promotion of education; allowed missionaries to set up schools |
| Chulalongkorn's Educational Reforms | Encouraged spread of education; forced nobles to send children to school; introduced a dual system of schools |
| Chulalongkorn's Judicial Reforms | Set up Ministry of Justice; set up a western ystem of criminal and civil courts; set up a law school; improved prison system and police force |
| Chulalongkorn's Administrative Reforms | Reorg the Ministry of Interior; local administration reorg based on British method of admin in Burma (monthons etc); Estb Higher Council and Lower Privy Council |
| Chulalongkorn's Communications Reforms | Improved Siam's internal transport system, esp railway |
| Prajadhipok's Economic Reforms | Passed new currency act linking the tical to gold; constructed an airport at Don Muang |
| Prajadhipok's Administrative Reforms | Revived the Cabinet; set up Supreme Council of State and Privy Council |
