History+of+the+Philippines

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The Philippines were a Spanish colony from the 15’Th century. Many of the exploring people from the past, who travelled, visited the Philippines. One of them was the famous Ferdinand Magellan, he came to the country in 1521. It was then the Spanish people took the Islands under their rule. Two of the Islands got the name Islas Filipinas in 1543, after the Spanish Prince Fillip II. Sometime after that, all the Islands got that name. He was also responsible for making the organization of the colony work.

In 1571, Manila (today’s capital) was made. Manila became a big part of the world’s trade community. Spices and other important things were made in huge deliveries.

In the 16th and 17th century, England tried to make Manila a part of their colonies. They gave it up by the peace in Paris in 1763. Instead, the Philippines were ruled by the New-Spain (North America), but ten Josè Basco y Vargas declared the area as an own Spanish colony in 1781.

The Philippines had a national revolution in 1896. This was the first national revolution in Asia’s history. So the Philippines got declared as an independent country for the first time the 12. June, 1898. This is the national day today. But this didn’t last for a very long time, the Americans took over. With this, the country got affected by the American’s culture. Democraty, education and infrastructure are today very similar with how it is in America. But this development stopped in the Second World War, when the Philippines got invaded by Japan. After the war, USA declared the Philippines independent the 4. July 1946.

In the early 19’Th century, The Philippines got status as a commonwealth under the US. But after the Second World War, Japan posessed the country. After many discussions, America recaptured the country in 1944-45, and the 4’Th July the same year, The Philippines became an independent country.