Which Statement About Nineteenth-Century Western Expansion in Southeast Asia Is

Which statement about nineteenth-century Western expansion in Southeast Asia is FALSE?

A) The British established their control over Burma.
B) Burma retained its independence.
C) The French forcibly created their Indochinese Union.
D) Thailand remained independent, as a result of mutual British and French interests.
E) The Philippines became an American spoil of war with Spain, in spite of efforts by local insurgents to change that outcome.