A tsakiyar karni na 19, Lanna, karkashin mulkin Sarki Kawilorot Suriyawong da Sarki Mongkut ya nada a shekara ta 1856, ta samu gagarumin sauyi na siyasa da tattalin arziki.Masarautar, wacce aka fi sani da dazuzzukan dazuzzukan teak, ta ga bukatu na Biritaniya , musamman bayan da suka mallaki Lower Burma a 1852. Sarakunan Lanna sun yi amfani da wannan sha'awa, suna ba da hayar filayen daji ga 'yan Burtaniya da Burma .Wannan cinikin katako, duk da haka, yana da rikitarwa ta 1855 Yarjejeniyar Bowring tsakanin Siam da Biritaniya, wacce ta ba da haƙƙin doka ga batutuwan Birtaniyya a Siam.Mahimmancin yarjejeniyar da Lanna ya zama abin cece-kuce, inda Sarki Kawilorot ya tabbatar da 'yancin cin gashin kansa na Lanna tare da ba da shawarar wata yarjejeniya ta daban da Birtaniya.Tsakanin waɗannan sauye-sauyen yanayin siyasa, Kawilorot kuma ya shiga cikin rikice-rikicen yanki.A cikin 1865, ya goyi bayan Kolan, shugaba daga jihar Shan ta Mawkmai, a yakin da ya yi da Monngai ta hanyar aika giwayen yaki.Amma duk da haka, wannan nuna haɗin kai ya mamaye jita-jita na alakar diflomasiyya da Kawilorot da sarkin Burma, wanda hakan ya sa dangantakarsa da Bangkok ta yi tsami.A shekara ta 1869, tashin hankali ya karu yayin da Kawilorot ya aika da sojoji zuwa Mawkmai saboda kin mika wuya ga ikon Chiang Mai.A wani mataki na ramuwar gayya, Kolan ya kaddamar da hare-hare a garuruwan Lanna daban-daban.Lamarin dai ya kai ga tafiyar Kawilorot zuwa Bangkok, inda ya fuskanci martani daga dakarun Kolan.Abin takaici, Kawilorot ya mutu a shekara ta 1870 yayin da yake kan hanyarsa ta komawa Chiang Mai, wanda ke nuna ƙarshen wannan lokacin na masarautar.