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                                            expanded trade with China
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            faced the First Anglo-Burmese War
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            faced the Siamese–Vietnamese Wars
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            initiated the construction of Wat Pho
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            initiated the construction of Wat Ratchanatdaram
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            promoted trade and commerce
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            restored and built many Buddhist temples
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            maintained Siamese independence during Western colonial expansion
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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