Colonial Period
Colonial Period
Colonial Period
REGIME)
•The Spaniards had been exploring the Philippines since
the early 16th century. Ferdinand Magellan
• In 1570, Legazpi sent his grandson, Juan de Salcedo, who had arrived from
Mexico in 1567, to Mindoro to punish the Muslim Moro pirates who had been
plundering Panay villages.
• Salcedo also destroyed forts on the islands of Ilin and Lubang, respectively
South and Northwest of Mindoro.
PHILIP II (SPANISH:
FELIPE II; 21 MAY 1527 –
13 SEPTEMBER 1598)
•Also known as El
Adelantado and El
Viejo (The Elder)
• In 1570, Martín de Goiti, having been dispatched by Legazpi to Luzon,
conquered the Kingdom of Maynila (now Manila), a puppet-state of the
Sultanate of Brunei. 79 Legazpi then made Maynila the capital of the Philippines
and simplified its spelling to Manila.
• His expedition also renamed Luzon Nueva Castilla. Legazpi became the
country's first governor-general. In 1573, Japan expanded its trade in northern
Luzon. In 1580, the Japanese lord Tay Fusa established the independent Wokou
Tay Fusa state in non-colonial Cagayan.
• When the Spanish arrived in the area, they subjugated the new kingdom,
resulting in 1582 Cagayan battles.[7] With time, Cebu's importance fell as
power shifted north to Luzon. The archipelago was Spain's outpost in the orient
and Manila became the capital of the entire Spanish East Indies.
• The colony was administered through the Viceroyalty of New Spain (now
Mexico) until 1821 when Mexico achieved independence from Spain. After 1821,
the colony was governed directly from Spain.
AMERICAN REGIME AND WORLD
WAR 2
MANILA PHILIPPINES DURING
WORLD WAR II
MANIL A CENTRAL POST D
URING WORLD WAR 2
• Most of them were professionals, but missionaries continued to settle the country.
• The United States invaded the Philippines, which was then governed by Spain as
the Spanish East Indies, during the Spanish-American War.
• Believing that the Philippines was not yet fit for self-government, the United
States maintained authority of the archipelago and the Philippine–American War
ensued. America then held the Philippines until granting full independence on July
4th, 1946.
Philippine-American War
Battle of Angeles - Philippine-American
FRIENDLY FIRE American War, 1899-1902
Military on Patrol in the
Philippines
POST AMERICAN PERIOD
• The United States invaded the Philippines, which was then governed by
Spain as the Spanish East Indies, during the Spanish-American War. After
the conclusion of that war, Philippine revolutionaries declared
independence as the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.
• Believing that the Philippines was not yet fit for self-government, the
United States maintained authority of the archipelago and the Philippine–
American War ensued. America then held the Philippines until granting
full independence on July 4th, 1946.
• In 2015, the U.S. State Department estimated that there were more
than 220,000 U.S. citizens living in the Philippines, with a significant
mixed population of Amerasians and descendants from the colonial era
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