Why did english immigration to the colonies slow after 1660?
a. war in the colonies drove english settlers back to england
b. the english economy improved and religious and political conflicts diminished.
c. england needed english people at home to fight new european wars.
d. english people didnt do well in the colonies and decided to stay away

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

no one really purchased it themselves, it was all america, they had debates etc.