Southeast Asia, by the 1700s,
A) was rigidly controlled by Europeans, with the French in control of Vietnam and the Portuguese elsewhere.
B) had seen Islamic influence driven from the region by the joint French-Dutch "light" campaign.
C) saw Islamic influence spread from the Malay Peninsula to the northern coasts of Sumatra and Java.
D) had come under the political control of China.
E) was militarily dominated by India's Mughal rulers.

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By the 1700s, Islamic influence had spread from the Malay Peninsula to the northern coasts of Sumatra and Java, as evidenced by the rise of the Sultanate of Aceh and the Mataram Empire. The region was not rigidly controlled by Europeans at this time, and while various European powers had established trading posts and enclaves, they did not have complete control over the area. China and India did not have significant political or military control over Southeast Asia during this period.