But Thailand also lost large pieces

But Thailand also lost large pieces of its territory during this period due to the expansion of Western colonialism,viz by France in the east and southeast, and by Britain in the west and the south. Yet the Thais pride themselves on their ability to maintain independence while all their neighbours were reduced to the status of the status of a colony one after the other. In 1932, a group of foreign-educated military officers and students staged a peaceful revolution and Thailand changed its political system from absolute monarhy to constitutional monarchy which has remained up to this day.