When did Spain colonize the Philippines?

1521

How long was the Philippines colonized by America?

48 years

Why did Spain colonize the Philippines?

Spain had three objectives in its policy toward the Philippines , its only colony in Asia: to acquire a share in the spice trade, to develop contacts with China and Japan in order to further Christian missionary efforts there, and to convert the Filipinos to Christianity.

What if Spain never colonized the Philippines?

If Philippines was not colonized by Spain the country would have been part of either China, Indonesia or Brunei or even the Kingdom of Sulu. The people of Indonesia, Brunei, China and sultanate were in the Philippines long before the Spanish invaded the country.

What was Philippines called before Spain?

Las Felipinas

What are the negative effects of Spanish colonization in the Philippines?

They invaded the land of the native americans, treating them in an unfriendly and violent manner when they arrived. The effects of colonization on the native populations in the New World were mistreatment of the natives, harsh labor for them, and new ideas about religion for the spaniards .

Why did US give up Philippines?

Americans who advocated annexation evinced a variety of motivations: desire for commercial opportunities in Asia, concern that the Filipinos were incapable of self-rule, and fear that if the United States did not take control of the islands, another power (such as Germany or Japan) might do so.

Is the Philippines still a US territory?

Others, such as the Philippines, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau, later became independent. Many organized incorporated territories of the United States existed from 1789 to 1959. The first were the Northwest and Southwest territories and the last were the Alaska and Hawaii territories.

Who really discovered the Philippines?

Ferdinand Magellan

What did Spaniards do to the Philippines?

The Spanish accomplished little in the Philippines . They introduced Catholicism, established a Walled City in Manila but ultimately they were disappointed because they couldn’t find spices or gold (gold was only discovered in large quantities after the Americans arrived).

What is the effect of Spanish colonization in the Philippines?

The Impacts of Spanish Rule in the Philippines . An important impact of Spanish rule in the Philippines is the creation of a mestizo culture with entrenched landed interests and a highly skewed land distribution.

What if Philippines was colonized by Portugal?

What if the Philippines was colonized by Portugal ? And the standard of English would be poor in Philippines today, thereby worse for their economy. And there will not be that bloody Filippino-American war, and USA wont have a chance there to show they could be just as brutal as the Spanish before them.

What if the Philippines was never colonized by America?

What if the Philippines was never colonized by America ? American-style democracy is nil. Since the United States never colonized the Philippines, they won’t school the Filipino statesmen into the art of American democracy. Thus, no Philippine Senate.

Who first colonized Philippines?

Miguel López de Legazpi’s