INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH, IF WE GET NO REVOLUTION THEN WE WANT NOTHING, WE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN GIVE IN TO YOU

illustration by: https://www.asianjournal.com/tag/philippine-independence-day/

 The Philippines was a Spanish colony for over 300 years and is named after King Philip II of Spain. Ferdinand Magellan landed on the Philippines islands in 1521 and claimed them for Spain. Magellan demanded that all local chiefs submit to Spanish rule, but one of them, Lapu Lapu, refused. Magellan attempted to crush Lapu Lapu, but failed and was killed. 

The Spaniards finally gained a foothold in the Philippines when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi led an expedition in 1565. In 1571, they built Intramuros, which was later renamed Manila and became the country's capital. Eventually, Spanish rule took over, and a feudal system was established, with the Spanish owning large estates and Filipinos working for them. The Spanish years were prosperous for the Philippines, and their rule was uneventful. When the British captured Manila in 1762, this all changed. Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763, the city was returned in 1764. 

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