The Mac family with the process of establishing and enforcing sovereignty of the Nguyen lords in the Southwest region

Abstract

The article explains the role of the Mac family in establishing and enforcing the sovereignty of the Nguyen lords over the land, as well as the Southwestern Sea in the 17th - 18th centuries. the Mac family set foot in Mang Kham (Ha Tien) around the end of the 17th century, when the process of exploring the Southern region was carried out at the fastest pace by Lord Nguyen's government. After annexing the lands of Tran Bien and Phien Tran (to the Southeast), the Nguyen lords began to pay attention to the fertile and prosperous lower Mekong Delta region. Despite their initial ambitions, the Mac family gradually integrated and made important marks in the process of establishing and exercising sovereignty in the land Southwest under the skillful policies of the Dang Trong government.