Britain became the colonial power in Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and northern Borneo. France acquired Indochina: Vietnam (administered as Tongking Annam, and Cochinchina, running from north to south), Cambodia, and Laos. The Netherlands extended its control throughout the entire Indonesian archipelago to constitute the Netherlands East Indies. In addition to the three European powers, the United States became a colonial power when it acquired the Philippines from Spain following the latter's defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898-1899.