The Colonial Economy of The Philippines Part 1

The Colonial Economy of The Philippines Part 2

The Colonial Economy of The Philippines Part 3

The Economics of the Manila Galleon

The Pre-colonial Government of the Philippines

Early Philippine Shelters and Islamic Architecture

Hispanic Structuring of the Colonial Space

Story of Manila's First Chinatown

Earliest hominin activity in the Philippine archipelago is dated back to at least 709,000 years ago. Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon at least 67,000 years ago. The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 years. Negrito groups were the first inhabitants to settle in the prehistoric Philippines. By around 3000 BCE, seafaring Austronesians, who form the majority of the current population, migrated southward from <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Taiwan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taiwan</a>. These polities were either influenced by the <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Hinduism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hindu</a>-<a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Buddhism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buddhist</a> <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-India" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indian</a> religion, language, culture, literature and philosophy from India through many campaigns from India including the South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra Chola I, Islam from Arabia, or were Sinified tributary states allied to China. These small maritime states flourished from the 1st millennium. These kingdoms traded with what are now called <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-China" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China</a>, <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-India" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">India</a>, <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Japan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Japan</a>, <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Thailand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thailand</a>, <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Vietnam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vietnam</a>, and <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Indonesia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>. The remainder of the settlements were independent barangays allied with one of the larger states. These small states alternated from being part of or being influenced by larger Asian empires like the <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/Ming-dynasty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ming Dynasty</a>, Majapahit and Brunei or rebelling and waging war against them. The first recorded visit by Europeans is <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/Voyages-of-Ferdinand-Magellan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ferdinand Magellan's</a> expedition who landed in Homonhon Island, now part of Guiuan, Eastern Samar on March 17, 1521. <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Spain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spanish colonialism</a> began with the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi's expedition on February 13, 1565, from <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Mexico" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mexico</a>. He established the first permanent settlement in Cebu. Much of the archipelago came under Spanish rule, creating the first unified political structure known as the Philippines. Spanish colonial rule saw the introduction of <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Christianity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christianity</a>, the code of law, and the oldest modern university in Asia. The Philippines was ruled under the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain. After this, the colony was directly governed by Spain. Spanish rule ended in 1898 with Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War. The Philippines then became a territory of the <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-the-United-States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">United States</a>. U.S. forces suppressed a revolution led by Emilio Aguinaldo. The United States established the Insular Government to rule the Philippines. In 1907, the elected Philippine Assembly was set up with popular elections. The U.S. promised independence in the Jones Act. The Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1935, as a 10-year interim step prior to full independence. However, in 1942 during <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/World-War-II" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World War II</a>, Japan occupied the Philippines. The U.S. military overpowered the Japanese in 1945. The Treaty of Manila in 1946 established the independent Philippine Republic.

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History of the Philippines 

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History of the Philippines Timeline

Negritos start to settle

Prehistory

Austronesian Migrations from Taiwan

Philippine jade culture

Trade with the Sa Huynh Culture

Late Neolithic Period in the Philippines

Trade with Tamil Nadu

Early Metal Age in the Philippines

Carabao Domestication in the Philippines

Kawi script

Precolonial Period

Tondo (historical polity)

Ma-i

Earliest documented Chinese contact

Butuan (historical polity)

Sanmalan

Namayan

Battle of Manila

Islam arrives

Cebu (Sugbu)

Sultanate of Sulu

Caboloan

Maynila

Sultanate of Maguindanao

Spanish Period

Manila Galleons

Spanish Colonial Period of the Philippines

Castilian War

American Rule

American Rule

Philippine Declaration of Independence

Philippine–American War

Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

Commonwealth of the Philippines

Japanese occupation of the Philippines

Second Philippine Republic

Third Republic

Postcolonial Philippines and the Third Republic

Marcos era

People Power Revolution

Fifth Republic

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