Brief History of the Philippines

History of the Philippines 

                Believed to have begun with the arrival of the first humans via land bridges at least 30,000 years ago.

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March 16, 1521 

   Arrival of Ferdinand Magellan on Homonhon Island, southeast of Samar. First recorded visit from the West.

Spanish Colonization

    Began with the arrival of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi’s expedition in 1565.

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Spanish Rule 

    Brought political unification and introduced elements of Western civilization such as the code of law, printing and the calendar.

Philippines 

 – was ruled as a colonial territory of New Spain from 1565 to 1821, and then administered directly from Madrid.

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spanish-colonization-of-philippines.html

April 1896 – The Philippine revolution against Spain began, culminating two years later with a proclamation of independence and the establishment of the first Philippine republic.

Treaty of Paris – transferred control of the Philippines to the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War.

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the-war-they-dont-teach-us-about-in-american-schools/

June 2, 1899 – the Philippine government 

proclaimed a Declaration of War against the US.

Philippine-American War – resulted in massive Filipino casualties.

Emilio Aguinaldo – the Filipino leader was captured in 1901 and the US government declared the conflict finally over in 1902.

1903 - US colonial rule of the Philippines started, with very limited local rule.

1935 – Partial autonomy (commonwealth status) was granted

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1946 

   Preparatory to a planned full independence from the United States. Preparation for a fully sovereign state was interrupted by the Japanese occupation during World War II.

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Ferdinand Magellan 

      The Philippine islands first came to the attention of the Europeans with the Spanish expedition led by the Portuguese explorer in 1521.

-             He landed on Homonhon,  claiming the archipelago for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro.

-          He was killed in a dispute with indigenous tribal groups led by a chieftain named Lapu-lapu.

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1543 

    Ruy Lopez de Villalobos led an expedition to the islands and gave the name Las Islas Filipinas (after Philip II of Spain) to the islands of Samar and Leyte.