History: Republic of the Philippines

During our discussion, I know for myself that I have knowledge about the history of our country. It’s because I’ve been reading the encyclopedia since I was a kid. It was during the year 1521 when one of the most famous explorers reached the shores of the Philippines. He was Ferdinand Magellan and he claimed the entire islands for Spain. The conquest of the Filipinos by Spain did not begin in earnest until 1564, when another expedition from New Spain, commanded by Miguel López de Legaspi, arrived. Spanish leadership was soon established over many small independent communities that previously had known no central rule. By 1571, when López de Legaspi established the Spanish city of Manila on the site of a Moro town he had conquered the year before, the Spanish foothold in the Philippines was secure, despite the opposition of the Portuguese, who were eager to maintain their monopoly on the trade of East Asia. We talked about the first phase of revolution which was the entry of the USA in the Philippines which includes the American economic presence and the Spanish-American War, the faces of American Imperialism, battle of Manila bay, declaration of Independence and the Malolos institution. The second phase is the American occupation, the Commonwealth, the Road to Independence, the Japanese occupation, the result of the war, the Marcos period and the Martial law. I learned that the United States and the Philippines also has a “special relationship” because they show love and hate with each other. The Philippines and the United States government leaders faced substantial differences on economic and military issues.