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Main page The history of the Philippines is believed to have begun with the arrival of the first humans using rafts or boats at Part of a series on the
Contents least 67,000 years ago as the 2007 discovery of Callao Man suggested.[1] Negrito groups first inhabited the isles. History of the Philippines
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of Sulu, Lanao and Maguindanao. These small maritime states flourished from the 1st millennium.[3][4] These Awidon Mesa Formation
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The United States established the Insular Government to rule the Philippines.[12] In 1907, the elected Philippine
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Languages Assembly was convened as the lower house of a bicameral legislature and in 1916 the U.S. Federal Government
Legendary
formally promised independence in the Jones Act.[12] The Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1935, as a 10- Suwarnapumi
Catal year interim step prior to full independence.[13] Before independence, World War II began and Japan occupied the Chryse
Chavacano de Ophir
Philippines.[14] After the end of the war, theTreaty of Manila established an independent Philippine Republic.[15]
Zamboanga Tawalisi
Deutsch In 1972, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law. Following the assassination of Ninoy Aquino, Ww
Espaol Sanfotsi
Marcos held snap elections in 1986 and subsequently fled the country during thePeople Power Revolution which
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installed Cory Aquino as president and reestablished democracy.
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In the 21st century, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country of the world, part ofASEAN, a key ally of the Hindu-Buddhist Kingdoms
United States, with an economy dominated by fishing and agriculture with a growing business process outsourcing Kingdom of Tondo
Hrvatski Kingdom of Namayan
(BPO) industry and nearly 10% of the population abroad as overseas Filipino workers.
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1 Timeline
Italiano Sinified Nations
2 Prehistory
Caboloan
2.1 The Jade culture

2.2 The Sa Huynh Culture Animist States

Latina
Lietuvi 2.3 Timeline of Iron age Samtoy chieftaincy
Ma-i
Nederlands 3 Pre-colonial period (900 AD to
Chiefdom of Taytay
1565)
Kedatuan of Dapitan
Norsk 3.1 Initial recorded history
Polski 3.2 The Kingdom of
Muslim Sultanates
Portugus Tondo
Rajahnate of Maynila (Vassal of the Brunei
3.3 The Wangdom of Pangasinan Sultanate)
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3.4 The Nation of Ma-i Sultanate of Sulu
Tagalog Sultanate of Maguindanao
3.5 The Kedatuan of Madja-as
Ting Vit Lanao confederacy
3.6 The Rajahnate of Cebu
Winaray
3.7 The Rajahnate of Butuan Events/Artifacts

Edit links 3.8 The Sultanate of Maragtas

Sulu Laguna Copperplate Inscription - c.900
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3.9 The Sultanate of
Butuan Ivory Seal
Maguindanao Limestone tombs
3.10 The Sultanate of Batanes citadels
Lanao Golden Tara
Gold Kinnara
3.11 The Bruneian Empire and the expansion of
Ticao Stone Inscription
Islam
Butuan Silver Paleograph
4 Spanish settlement and rule (1565 Buddhist art
1898) Majapahit conflict - 1365
4.1 Early Spanish expeditions and Brunei War 1500
conquests Colonial period (15211946)
4.2 Spanish settlement during the 16th and 17th Spanish era
Battle of Mactan
centuries
Sandugo
4.3 Spanish rule during the 18th century
Spanish capture of Manila
4.3.1 British invasion (17621764) New Spain
4.3.2 Spanish rule in the second part of the 18th century Captaincy General
4.4 Spanish rule during the 19th century Spanish East Indies
Manila galleon
4.5 Philippine
Revolts and uprisings
Revolution Chinese invasion
5 American rule (18981946) Castilian War
5.1 PhilippineAmerican War Sulu Sea pirates
5.2 The Tagalog, Negros and Zamboanga Cantonal Doctrina Christiana
Dutch invasions
Republics
Brunei Civil War
5.3 Insular Government (19011935) Bohol secession
 5.4 Commonwealth British Invasion
5.5 World War II and Japanese Florante at Laura
occupation Propaganda Movement
5.5.1 Military Gomburza
Noli me tangere
5.5.2 Home front
La Solidaridad
6 Postcolonial Philippines and the Third Republic (1946 El filibusterismo
1965) La Liga Filipina
Katipunan
6.1 Administration of Manuel Roxas (1946
Philippine Revolution
1948) SpanishAmerican War
6.2 Administration of Elpidio Quirino (1948 American capture of Manila
1953) Declaration of Independence
First Republic
6.3 Administration of Ramon Magsaysay (19531957)
PhilippineAmerican War
6.4 Administration of Carlos P. Garcia (19571961)
American colonial period
6.5 Administration of Diosdado Macapagal (19611965)
6.5.1 Land Reform Code Tagalog Republic
Negros Republic
6.5.2 Maphilindo
Zamboanga Republic
7 Marcos era and martial law (1965 Moro Rebellion
1986) Insular Government
7.1 Martial law Bayan Ko
Commonwealth
7.2 Fourth Republic
Japanese occupation
8 Fifth Republic (1986present)
Second Republic
8.1 Administration of Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (1986 Destruction of Manila
1992) Post-colonial period (19461986)
8.2 Administration of Fidel Valdez Ramos (19921998) Treaty of Manila
8.3 Administration of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (19982001) Third Republic
8.4 Administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (20012010) Cold War
Hukbalahap Rebellion
8.5 Administration of Benigno Simeon Aquino III (2010
SEATO
2016)
Bandung Conference
8.6 Administration of Rodrigo Roa Duterte (2016 North Borneo dispute
present) Marcos dictatorship
9 See also ASEAN Declaration
CPPNPANDF rebellion
10 Notes
Moro Conflict
11 References Spratly islands dispute
12 Further reading Vietnamese boat people
13 External links Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.

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Prehistory [edit] Part of a series on the

Main article: Prehistory of the Philippines Culture of the

Philippines
The earliest archeological evidence for man in the archipelago is the 67,000-year-
old Callao Man of Cagayan and the Angono Petroglyphs in Rizal, both of whom
appear to suggest the presence of human settlement prior to the arrival of the
Negritos and Austronesian speaking people.[16][17][18][19][20]

There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos.F.
Landa Jocano theorizes that the ancestors of the Filipinosevolved
locally.[citation needed] Wilhelm Solheim's Island Origin Theory[21] postulates that
Docking station and entrance to the peopling of the archipelago transpired via trade networks originating in the
the Tabon Cave Complex Site in
Sundaland area around 48,000 to 5000 BC rather than by wide-scale migration.
Palawan, where one of the oldest History
human remains was located. The Austronesian Expansion Theory states that Malayo-Polynesians coming from
People
Taiwan began migrating to the Philippines around 4000 BC, displacing earlier Languages
arrivals.[22][23] Traditions
Mythology and folklore
The Negritos were early settlers, but their appearance in the Philippines has not been reliably dated.[24] They were
Mythology folklore
followed by speakers of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, a branch of the Austronesian language family, who began
to arrive in successive waves beginning about 4000 BC, displacing the earlier arrivals.[25][26] Before the expansion out Cuisine
Festivals
of Taiwan, recent archaeological, linguistic and genetic evidence has linked Austronesian speakers in Insular
Religion
Southeast Asia to cultures such as the Hemudu, its successor the Liangzhu[27][28] and Dapenkeng in Neolithic
Art
China.[29][30][31][32][33] During this neolithic period, a "jade culture" is said to have existed as evidenced by tens of Literature
thousands of exquisitely crafted jade artifacts found in the Philippines dated to 2000 BC.[34][35] The jade is said to Music and performing arts
have originated nearby in Taiwan and is also found in many other areas in insular and mainland Southeast Asia. Music Performing arts
These artifacts are said to be evidence of long range communication between prehistoric Southeast Asian Media
societies.[36] Radio Television Cinema Television
Radio
By 1000 BC, the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago had developed into four distinct kinds of peoples: tribal
groups, such as the Aetas, Hanunoo, Ilongots and the Mangyan who depended on hunter-gathering and were Sport
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concentrated in forests; warrior societies, such as the Isneg and Kalinga who practiced social ranking and ritualized
martial arts rugby union
warfare and roamed the plains; the petty plutocracy of the Ifugao Cordillera Highlanders, who occupied the mountain
Monuments
ranges of Luzon; and the harbor principalities of the estuarine civilizations that grew along rivers and seashores while
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participating in trans-island maritime trade.[37] It was also during the first millennium BC that early metallurgy was Historical markers more
said to have reached the archipelagos of maritime Southeast Asia via trade with India[38][39]
Symbols
Around 300700 AD, the seafaring peoples of the islands traveling inbalangays began to trade with the Indianized Flag Coat of arms Motto Anthem
kingdoms in the Malay Archipelago and the nearby East Asian principalities, adopting influences from both Buddhism Language Flower Tree Bird Gem
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and Hinduism.[40][41]
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The Jade culture [edit]

Existence of a "Jade culture" in the Philippines is evidenced by tens of thousands of exquisitely crafted jade artifacts found at a site inBatangas
province.[34][35]

Jade artifacts are made from white and green nephrite and dating as far back as 20001500 BC, have been discovered at a number ofarcheological
excavations in the Philippines since the 1930s. The artifacts have been both tools likechisels, and ornaments such as lingling-o earrings, bracelets and beads.

Nephrite, otherwise known as Jade, is a mineral widely used throughout Asia as ornaments or for decorative purposes. The oldest jade artefacts in Asia (6000
BC) were found in China where they were used as the primary hardstone of Chinese sculpturing. In 3000 BC, jade production in the Hongsan and Liangzhu
cultures of China reached its peak. During this period, the knowledge of jade craftsmanship spread across the sea toTaiwan and eventually to the Philippines.
The artefacts discovered in several sites in the Philippines were made from nephrite. Nephrite excavated in the Philippines were of two types: white nephrite
and green nephrite.[42]

The Sa Huynh Culture [edit]

The Sa Huyun culture showed evidence of an extensive trade network. Sa Huynh beads were made from glass,
carnelian, agate, olivine, zircon, gold and garnet; most of these materials were not local to the region, and were
most likely imported. Han Dynasty-style bronze mirrors were also found in Sa Huynh sites. Conversely, Sa
Huynh produced ear ornaments have been found in archaeological sites in Central Thailand, Taiwan (Orchid
Island), and in the Philippines, in the Palawan, Tabon Caves, one of the great example are theManunggul Jar
and Kalanay Cave in Masbate, the artifacts on the site is one of the "Sa Huyun-Kalanay" pottery complex site
were dated 400BC1500 AD.[43][44] And the Maitum Anthropomorphic Pottery in Sarangani Province c. 200 AD.

Asia in 200 BC, showing Sa Huyun and their

Timeline of Iron age [edit]
neighbors.

Dates are approximate, consult particular article for details

Prehistoric (or Proto-historic) Iron Age Historic Iron Age

Pre-colonial period (900 AD to 1565) [edit]

Main article: History of the Philippines (9001521)

Initial recorded history [edit]

During the period of the south Indian Pallava dynasty and the north Indian Gupta Empire,
The Manunggul Jar, c. 890 Indian culture spread to Southeast Asia and the Philippines which led to the establishment of
710 BC. One of the finest pre-
Indianized kingdoms.[45][46] The end of Philippine prehistory is 900,[47] the date inscribed in
colonial artworks which reflect
artistry of ancient Filipinos. the oldest Philippine document found so far, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. From the
details of the document, written in Kawi script, the bearer of a debt, Namwaran, along with
his children Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are cleared of a debt by the ruler of Tondo. From the
various Sanskrit terms and titles seen in the document, the culture and society of Manila Bay was that of aHinduOld Malay
amalgamation, similar to the cultures of Java, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra at the time. There are no other significant
documents from this period of pre-Hispanic Philippine society and culture until the Doctrina Christiana of the late 16th A painting of a mother and child
belonging to the Maharlika or
century, written at the start of the Spanish period in both native Baybayin script and Spanish. Other artifacts with Kawi script Maginoo group, an ancient
and baybayin were found, such as an Ivory seal from Butuan dated to the early 11th century[48] and the Calatagan pot with Filipino class.
baybayin inscription, dated to the 13th century.[49]

In the years leading up to 1000, there were already several maritime societies existing in the islands but there was no unifying politicalstate encompassing
the entire Philippine archipelago. Instead, the region was dotted by numerous semi-autonomous barangays (settlements ranging in size from villages to city-
states) under the sovereignty of competing thalassocracies ruled by datus, wangs, rajahs, sultans or lakans.[50] or by upland agricultural societies ruled by
"petty plutocrats". States such as the Kingdom of Maynila, the Kingdom of Taytay in Palawan (mentioned by Antonio Pigafetta to be where they resupplied
when the remaining ships escaped Cebu after Magellan was slain), the Chieftaincy ofCoron Island ruled by fierce warriors called Tagbanua as reported by
Spanish missionaries mentioned by Nilo S. Ocampo,[51] Namayan, the Kingdom of Tondo, the Sinitic wangdom of Pangasinan, the nation of Ma-i, the
Kedatuans of Madja-as and Dapitan, the Indianized rajahnates of Butuan and Cebu and the sultanates of Maguindanao, Lanao and Sulu existed alongside the
highland societies of the Ifugao and Mangyan.[52][53][54][55] Some of these regions were part of the Malayan empires ofSrivijaya, Majapahit and
Brunei.[56][57][58]

The Kingdom of Tondo [edit]

Main article: Kingdom of Tondo

Since at least the year 900, this thalassocracy centered inManila Bay flourished via an active trade with Chinese,
Japanese, Malays, and various other peoples in Asia. Tondo thrived as the capital and the seat of power of this ancient
kingdom, which was led by kings under the title "Lakan" which belongs to the caste of the Maharlika, who were the feudal
warrior class in ancient Tagalog society. They ruled a large part of what is now known as Luzon from Ilocos to Bicol from
possibly before 900 AD to 1571, becoming the largest pre-colonial Philippine state. The Spaniards called them
The flag of Tondo under the Hidalgos.[59][60]
reign of Lakandula.
The people of Tondo had developed a culture which is predominantly Hindu and Buddhist, they were also good
agriculturists, and lived through farming and aquaculture. During its existence, it grew to become one of the most
prominent and wealthy kingdom states in pre-colonial Philippines due to heavy trade and connections with several neighboring
nations such as China and Japan.

Due to its very good relations with Japan, the Japanese called Tondo asLuzon, even a famous Japanese merchant, Luzon
Sukezaemon, went as far as to change his surname fromNaya to Luzon. In 900 AD, the lord-minister Jayadewa presented a
document of debt forgiveness to Lady Angkatan and her brother Bukah, the children of Namwaran. This is described in the
Philippines' oldest known document, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.[61]

The Wangdom of Pangasinan [edit]

Main article: Caboloan
A Tagalog royal Pangasinan or Feng-chia-hsi-lan in Chinese records, was a sovereign Prehispanic Philippine state, notable for having traded with the
couple belonging to the
Kingdom of Ryukyu, Japan and was a tributary state toMing Dynasty. The Chinese records of this kingdom began when the first
Maginoo class.
tributary King (Wang in Chinese), Kamayin, sent an envoy offering gifts to the Chinese Emperor.[62] The state occupies the current
province of Pangasinan. It was locally known the Luyag na Kaboloan (also spelled Caboloan), with Binalatongan as its capital, existed
in the fertile Agno River valley. It flourished around the same period, theSrivijaya and Majapahit empires arose in Indonesia which had extended their
influence to much of the Malay Archipelago. Urduja, a legendary woman warrior, is believed to have ruled in Pangasinan around the 14th century. TheLuyag
na Kaboloan expanded the territory and influence of Pangasinan to what are now the neighboring provinces ofZambales, La Union, Tarlac, Benguet, Nueva
Ecija, and Nueva Vizcaya. Pangasinan enjoyed full independence until the Spanish conquest.

In the sixteenth century Pangasinan was called the "Port of Japan" by the Spanish. The locals wore native apparel typical of other maritime Southeast Asian
ethnic groups in addition to Japanese and Chinese silks. Even common people were clad in Chinese and Japanese cotton garments. They also blackened their
teeth and were disgusted by the white teeth of foreigners, which were likened to that of animals. Also, used porcelain jars typical of Japanese and Chinese
households. Japanese-style gunpowder weapons were also encountered in naval battles in the area. [63] In exchange for these goods, traders from all over
Asia would come to trade primarily for gold and slaves, but also for deerskins, civet and other local products. Other than a notably more extensive trade
network with Japan and China, they were culturally similar to other Luzon groups to the south.

The Nation of Ma-i [edit]

Main article: Ma-i

Around 1225, the nation of Ma-i, a pre-Hispanic Philippine island-state centered in Mindoro,[64] flourished as an entrept, attracting traders and shipping from
the Kingdom of Ryukyu to the Empire of Japan.[65] Chao Jukua, a customs inspector in Fukien province, China wrote the Zhufan Zhi ("Description of the
Barbarous Peoples"[66] ), which described trade with this pre-colonial Philippine state. Its people were noted for their honesty and trustworthiness in trade.
[67]

The Kedatuan of Madja-as [edit]

Main article: Madja-as

During the 11th century several exiled datus of the collapsing empire ofSrivijaya[68] led by Datu Puti led a
mass migration to the central islands of the Philippines, fleeing from Rajah Makatunao of the island of Borneo.
Upon reaching the island of Panay and purchasing the island from Negrito chieftain Marikudo, they
established a confederation of polities and named it the Kedatuan of Madja-as centered in Aklan and they
settled the surrounding islands of the Visayas. This confederation reached its peak under Datu Padojinog.
During his reign the confederations' hegemony extended over most of the islands of Visayas. Its people
consistently made piratical attacks against Chinese imperial shipping.[69]

Left to right: [1] Images from the Boxer Codex

The Rajahnate of Cebu
Main article: Rajahnate of Cebu
The statue of Rajah Humabon,
the Rajah of Cebu at the time he
allied with Ferdinand Magellan
against Lapu-Lapu of the Kingdom
of Mactan.
[edit]
illustrating an ancient kadatuan or tumao (noble
class) Visayan couple, [2] a royal couple of the
Visayans and [3] a Visayan princess.
The Rajahnate of Cebu was a classical Philippine state which used to exist
on Cebu island prior to the arrival of the Spanish. It was founded by Sri
Lumay otherwise known as Rajamuda Lumaya, a minor prince of the Hindu Chola dynasty which happened to occupy
Sumatra. He was sent by the maharajah to establish a base for expeditionary forces to subdue the local kingdoms but he
rebelled and established his own independent Rajahnate instead. This rajahnate warred against the 'magalos' (Slave
traders) of Maguindanao and had an alliance with the Rajahnate of Butuan and Indianized Kutai in South Borneo, before it
was weakened by the insurrection of Datu Lapu-Lapu.[70]
The Rajahnate of Butuan [edit]
Main article: Rajahnate of Butuan
By year 1011, Rajah Sri Bata Shaja, the monarch of the Indianized Rajahnate of Butuan, a maritime-state famous for its
goldwork[71] sent a trade envoy under ambassador Likan-shieh to the Chinese Imperial Court demanding equal diplomatic
status with other states.[72] The request being approved, it opened up direct commercial links with the Rajahnate of
Butuan and the Chinese Empire thereby diminishing the monopoly on Chinese trade previously enjoyed by their rivals, the
Tondo and the Champa civilization.[73] Evidence of the existence of this rajahnate is given by theButuan Silver
Paleograph.[74]

The Sultanate of Sulu [edit]

Main article: Sultanate of Sulu

In 1380, Karim ul' Makdum and Shari'ful Hashem Syed Abu Bakr, anArab trader born in Johore, arrived in Sulu from
Malacca and established the Sultanate of Sulu by converting its previous ruler, the Hindu king, Rajah Baguinda, to Islam
and then marrying his daughter. This sultanate eventually gained great wealth due to its diving for fine pearls.[75]

The Sultanate of Maguindanao [edit]

Main article: Sultanate of Maguindanao

A golden belt usually worn by
the Hindu, Brahmi caste (Indianized
royalty), found in archaeological
digs in Butuan.
The Sultanate of Maguindanao rose to prominence at the end of the 15th century,Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan of
Johor introduced Islam in the island of Mindanao and he subsequently married Paramisuli, anIranun Princess
from Mindanao, and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao.[76] It ruled most parts of Mindanao and continued to exist
prior to the Spanish colonization until the 19th century. The Sultanate also traded and maintained good relations with the
Chinese, Dutch, and the British. [77][78]

The Sultanate of Lanao [edit]

Main article: Confederation of sultanates in Lanao

The official flag of the Royal
Sultanate of Sulu under the
guidance of Ampun Sultan Muedzul
Lail Tan Kiram of Sulu.
The Sultanates of Lanao in Mindanao, Philippines were founded in the 16th century through the influence of Shariff
Kabungsuan, who was enthroned as first Sultan of Maguindanao in 1520. Islam was introduced to the area by Muslim
missionaries and traders from the Middle East, Indian and Malay regions who propagated Islam to Sulu and Maguindanao.
Unlike in Sulu and Maguindanao, the Sultanate system in Lanao was uniquely decentralized. The area was divided into
Four Principalities of Lanao or the Pat a Pangampong a Ranao which are composed of a number of royal houses (Sapolo
ago Nem a Panoroganan or The Sixteen (16) Royal Houses) with specific territorial jurisdictions within mainland Mindanao.
This decentralized structure of royal power in Lanao was adopted by the founders, and maintained up to the present day,
in recognition of the shared power and prestige of the ruling clans in the area, emphasizing the values of unity of the
nation (kaiisaisa o bangsa), patronage (kaseselai) and fraternity (kapapagaria). By the 16th century, Islam had spread to
other parts of the Visayas and Luzon.

The Bruneian Empire and the expansion of Islam [edit]

Main article: Bruneian Empire

During the reign of Sultan Bolkiah in 1485 to 1521, the Islamized Bruneian Empire
decided to break the Dynasty of Tondo's monopoly in the China trade by attacking
The flag of the Sultanate of
Tondo and defeating Rajah Gambang and then establishing theState of Selurong
Maguindanao.
(Kingdom of Maynila) as a Bruneian satellite-state.[79][80] A new dynasty under the
Islamized Rajah Salalila[81] was also established to challenge the House of
Lakandula in Tondo. [82] In addition to establishing the satellite state ofManila, Sultan Bolkiah also married Laila
Mecana, the daughter of Sulu Sultan Amir Ul-Ombra to expand Brunei's influence in both Luzon and Mindanao.
Furthermore, Islam was further strengthened by the arrival to the Philippines of traders and proselytizers from Malaysia
and Indonesia.[83] Tulay Mosque in Jolo, Sulu

Concurrent with the spread of Islam in the Philippine archipelago, was the rise of theLucoes who were the people of
Luzon. They rose to prominence by participating in trading ventures and military campaigns inMyanmar, Malacca and East Timor[84][85][86] where they were
employed as traders and mercenaries.[87][88][89]
Around 1563 AD, at the closing stages of the precolonial era, theKedatuan of Dapitan in Bohol achieved prominence and it was known to a later Spanish
missionary, Alcina, as the "Venice of the Visayas", because it was a wealthy, wooden and floating city-state in the Visayas. However, this kedatuan was
eventually attacked and destroyed by soldiers from the Sultanate of Ternate, a state made up of Muslim Papuan people. The survivors of the destruction, led
by their datu, Pagbuaya, migrated to northern Mindanao and established a new Dapitan there. Eventually, in vengeance against the Muslims and Portuguese
allied to the Ternateans, they aided the Spanish in the conquest of Muslim Manila and in the Spanish expeditions to capture Portuguese Ternate. The sparse
population and the multiple states competing over the limited territory and people of the islands simplified Spanish colonization by allowing its conquistadors
to effectively employ a strategy of divide and conquer for rapid conquest.

Spanish settlement and rule (15651898) [edit]

Main article: History of the Philippines (15211898)

Early Spanish expeditions and conquests [edit]

Main article: Spanish-Moro Conflict

Parts of the Philippine Islands were known to Europeans before the 1521 Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese-
born Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan ( Portuguese conquered Malacca City in 1511 and reached Maluku Islands in 1512 ).
[90]
Magellan landed on the island called Homonhon, claiming the islands he saw for Spain, and naming them Islas de San Lzaro.
He established friendly relations with some of the local leaders especially with Rajah Humabon and converted some of them to
Roman Catholicism.[90] In the Philippines, they explored many islands including the island ofMactan. However, Magellan was
killed during the Battle of Mactan against the local datu, Lapu-Lapu.

Over the next several decades, other Spanish expeditions were dispatched to
the islands. In 1543, Ruy Lpez de Villalobos led an expedition to the islands
and gave the name Las Islas Filipinas (after Philip II of Spain) to the islands of
Samar and Leyte.[91] The name was then extended to the entire archipelago
later on in the Spanish era. Ferdinand Magellan
arrived in the Philippines in
European colonization began in earnest when Spanish explorer Miguel Lpez 1521.
de Legazpi arrived from Mexico in 1565 and formed the first European
settlements in Cebu. Beginning with just five ships and five hundred men
accompanied by Augustinian monks, and further strengthened in 1567 by two hundred soldiers, he was
able to repel the Portuguese and create the foundations for the colonization of the Archipelago. In 1571,
the Spanish and their Visayan allies occupied the kingdom of Tondo as well as the Maynila, a puppet-state
of the Brunei Sultanate. After they attacked, they established Manila as the capital of the Spanish East
Indies.[92][93]

Legazpi built a fort in Maynila and made overtures of friendship toLakan Dula, Lakan of Tondo, who
Old Spanish Chart of the Philippine Islands accepted. However, Maynila's former ruler, the Muslim rajah, Rajah Sulayman, who was a vassal to the
Sultan of Brunei, refused to submit to Legazpi, but failed to get the support of Lakan Dula or of the
Pampangan and Pangasinan settlements to the north. When Tarik Sulayman and a force of
Kapampangan and Tagalog Muslim warriors attacked the Spaniards in the battle of Bankusay,
he was finally defeated and killed.

A late 17th-century
manuscript by Gaspar de
San Agustin from the
Archive of the Indies ,
depicting Lpez de
Legazpi's conquest of the
Philippines
In 1578, the Castille War erupted between the Christian Spaniards and Muslim Bruneians over
control of the Philippine archipelago. On one side, the newly Christianized Non-Muslim
Visayans of the Kedatuan of Madja-as and Rajahnate of Cebu, plus the Rajahnate of Butuan
(which were from northern Mindanao), as well as the remnants of the Kedatuan of Dapitan had
previously waged war against the Sultanate of Sulu and Kingdom of Maynila, then joined the
Spanish in the war against the Bruneian Empire and its allies, the Bruneian puppet-state of
Maynila and Sulu which had dynastic links with Brunei. The Spanish and its Visayan allies
assaulted Brunei and seized its capital, Kota Batu. This was achieved as a result in part of the
assistance rendered to them by two noblemen, Pengiran Seri Lela and Pengiran Seri Ratna.
The former had traveled to Manila to offer Brunei as a tributary of Spain for help to recover the
throne usurped by his brother, Saiful Rijal.[94] The Spanish agreed that if they succeeded in
Monument in Lapu-Lapu City,
conquering Brunei, Pengiran Seri Lela would indeed become the Sultan, while Pengiran Seri
Cebu in the Philippines.
Ratna would be the new Bendahara. In March 1578, the Spanish fleet, led by De Sande
himself, acting as Capitn General, started their journey towards Brunei. The expedition
consisted of 400 Spaniards, 1,500 Filipino natives and 300 Borneans.[95] The campaign was one of many, which also included
action in Mindanao and Sulu.[96][97]

The Spanish succeeded in invading the capital on April 16, 1578, with the help of Pengiran Seri Lela and Pengiran Seri
Ratna. Sultan Saiful Rijal and Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Abdul Kahar were forced to flee to Meragang then to Jerudong.
In Jerudong, they made plans to chase the conquering army away from Brunei. The Spanish suffered heavy losses due to a
cholera or dysentery outbreak.[98][99] They were so weakened by the illness that they decided to abandon Brunei to return
to Manila on June 26, 1578, after just 72 days. Before doing so, they burned the mosque, a high structure with a five-tier
roof.[100]

Pengiran Seri Lela died in AugustSeptember 1578, probably from the same illness that had afflicted his Spanish allies,
although there was suspicion he could have been poisoned by the ruling Sultan. Seri Lela's daughter, the Bruneian
princess, left with the Spanish and went on to marry a Christian Tagalog, named Agustn de Legazpi of Tondo and had
children in the Philippines.[101]

In 1587, Magat Salamat, one of the children of Lakan Dula, along with Lakan Dula's nephew and lords of the neighboring
areas of Tondo, Pandacan, Marikina, Candaba, Navotas and Bulacan, were executed when the Tondo Conspiracy of 1587
1588 failed[102] in which a planned grand alliance with the Japanese Christian-captain, Gayo, and Brunei's Sultan, would
have restored the old aristocracy. Its failure resulted in the hanging of Agustn de Legaspi and the execution of Magat
Salamat (the crown-prince of Tondo). [103] Thereafter, some of the conspirators were exiled to Guam or Guerrero, Mexico.

Spanish power was further consolidated after Miguel Lpez de Legazpi's complete assimilation of Madja-as, his subjugation
of Rajah Tupas, the Rajah of Cebu and Juan de Salcedo's conquest of the provinces of Zambales, La Union, Ilocos, the coast Miguel Lpez de Legazpi
of Cagayan, and the ransacking of the Chinese warlord Limahong's pirate kingdom in Pangasinan.

The Spanish also invaded Northern Taiwan and Ternate in Indonesia, using Filipino warriors, before they were driven out by the Dutch.[104]

The Spanish and the Moros of the sultanates of Maguindanao, Lanao and Sulu also waged many wars over hundreds of years in the
Spanish-Moro conflict, not
until the 19th century did Spain succeed in defeating the Sulu Sultanate and taking Mindanao under nominal suzerainty.

The Spanish considered their war with the Muslims in Southeast Asia a continuation of theReconquista and part of a larger Ibero-Islamic world conflict[105]
that included a rivalry with the Ottoman Caliphate which had a center of operations at its nearby vassal, theSultanate of Aceh.[106]

Spanish settlement during the 16th and 17th centuries [edit]

The "Memoria de las Encomiendas en las Islas" of 1591, just twenty years after the conquest of Luzon, reveals a remarkable progress in the work of
colonization and the spread of Christianity.[107] A cathedral was built in the city of Manila with an episcopal palace, Augustinian, Dominican and Franciscan
monasteries and a Jesuit house. The king maintained a hospital for the Spanish settlers and there was another hospital for the natives run by the Franciscans.

Bahay Na Bato, a typical Filipino urban house during the
In order to defend the settlements the Spaniards established in
the Philippines, a network of military fortresses called "Presidios"
were constructed and officered by the Spaniards, and sentried by
Latin-Americans and Filipinos, across the archipelago, to protect it
from foreign nations such as the Portuguese, British and Dutch as
well as raiding Muslims and Wokou.[108] The Manila garrison was
composed of roughly four hundred Spanish soldiers and the area
of Intramuros as well as its surroundings, were initially settled by View of Manila, c. 1665
1200 Spanish families.[109] In Cebu City, at the Visayas, the
settlement received a total of 2,100 soldier-settlers from New
Spain.[110] At the immediate south of Manila, Mexicans were present at Ermita
[111] and at

colonial eras. Cavite [112][113][114] where they were stationed as sentries. In addition, men conscripted fromPeru,
were also sent to settle Zamboanga City in Mindanao, to wage war upon Muslim pirates.[115] There
were also communities of Spanish-Mestizos that developed in Iloilo,[116] Negros [117] and Vigan.[118]
Interactions between native Filipinos and immigrant Spaniards, Latin-Americans and their Spanish-Mestizo descendants eventually caused the formation of a
new language, Chavacano, a creole of Mexican Spanish. Meanwhile, in the suburb of Tondo, there was a convent run by Franciscan friars and another by the
Dominicans that offered Christian education to the Chinese converted to Christianity. The same report reveals that in and around Manila were collected 9,410
tributes, indicating a population of about 30,640 who were under the instruction of thirteen missionaries (ministers of doctrine), apart from the monks in
monasteries. In the former province of Pampanga the population estimate was 74,700 and 28 missionaries. In Pangasinan 2,400 people with eight
missionaries. In Cagayan and islands Babuyanes 96,000 people but no missionaries. In La Laguna 48,400 people with 27 missionaries. In Bicol and Camarines
Catanduanes islands 86,640 people with fifteen missionaries. The total population of Spanish-Philippines was 667,612 people under the care of 140
missionaries, of which 79 were Augustinians, nine Dominicans and 42 Franciscans. [119]

The fragmented and sparsely populated [120] nature of the islands made it easy for Spanish colonization. The Spanish then
brought political unification to most of the Philippine archipelago via the conquest of the various small maritime states
although they were unable to fully incorporate parts of the sultanates of Mindanao and the areas where the ethnic groups
and highland plutocracy of the Ifugao of Northern Luzon were established. The Spanish introduced elements ofwestern
civilization such as the code of law, western printing and the Gregorian calendar alongside new food resources such as
maize, pineapple and chocolate from Latin America.[121]

Education played a major role in the socioeconomic

transformation of the archipelago. The oldest
universities, colleges, and vocational schools and the first
modern public education system in Asia were all created
during the Spanish colonial period, and by the time Spain
was replaced by the United States as the colonial power,
Filipinos were among the most educated subjects in all of
Asia.[122] The Jesuits founded the Colegio de Manila in Maria Clara gown
1590, which later became the Universidad de San
Ignacio, a royal and pontifical university. They also
founded the Colegio de San Ildefonso on August 1, 1595. After theexpulsion of the Society
of Jesus in 1768, the management of the Jesuit schools passed to other parties. On April 28,
1611, through the initiative of Bishop Miguel de Benavides, the University of Santo Tomas
Plaza Santo Tomas in Intramuros, Manila; Where the Santo
Domingo Church, Colegio de Santa Rosa and the original University of was founded in Manila. The Jesuits also founded the Colegio de San Jos (1601) and took
Santo Tomas where built during the Spanish era. over the Escuela Municipal, later to be called the Ateneo de Manila University (1859). All
institutions offered courses included not only religious topics but also science subjects such
as physics, chemistry, natural history and mathematics. The University of Santo Toms, for example, started by teaching theology, philosophy and humanities
and during the 18th century, the Faculty of Jurisprudence and Canonical Law, together with the schools of medicine and pharmacy were opened.

Outside the tertiary institutions, the efforts of missionaries were in no way limited to religious instruction but also geared
towards promoting social and economic advancement of the islands. They cultivated into the natives their
innate[citation needed] taste for music and taught Spanish language to children.[123] They also introduced advances in rice
agriculture, brought from America maize and cocoa and developed the farming of indigo, coffee and sugar cane. The only
commercial plant introduced by a government agency was the plant of tobacco.

A portrait of "Intramuros" Manila
in 1684 by Alain Mallet
Church and state were inseparably linked in Spanish policy, with the state assuming
responsibility for religious establishments.[124] One of Spain's objectives in colonizing
the Philippines was the conversion of the local population to Roman Catholicism. The
work of conversion was facilitated by the disunity and insignificance of other organized
religions, except for Islam, which was still predominant in the southwest.[124] The
pageantry of the church had a wide appeal, reinforced by the incorporation of
indigenous social customs into religious observances. The eventual outcome was a new
Roman Catholic majority, from which the Muslims of western Mindanao and the upland
tribal and animistic peoples of Luzon remained detached and alienated from (Ethnic
groups such as the Ifugaos of the Cordillera region and the Mangyans of Mindoro).
Wife of Jos Rizal, wearing Maria
At the lower levels of administration, the Spanish built on traditional village Clara gown
organization by co-opting local leaders. This system of indirect rule helped create an
indigenous upper class, called the principala, who had local wealth, high status, and
other privileges. This perpetuated an oligarchic system of local control. Among the most significant changes under Spanish
rule was that the indigenous idea of communal use and ownership of land was replaced with the concept of private
ownership and the conferring of titles on members of the principala.[124]

Around 1608 William Adams, an English navigator contacted the interim governor of the Philippines,Rodrigo de Vivero y
Velasco on behalf of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who wished to establish direct trade contacts with New Spain. Friendly letters were exchanged, officially starting
relations between Japan and New Spain. From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was governed as a territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from Mexico, via the
Royal Audiencia of Manila, and administered directly from Spain from 1821 after theMexican revolution,[125] until 1898.

The Manila galleons which linked Manila to Acapulco traveled once or twice a year between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Spanish military fought off
various indigenous revolts and several external colonial challenges, especially from the British, Chinese pirates, Dutch, and Portuguese. Roman Catholic
missionaries converted most of the lowland inhabitants to Christianity and founded schools, universities, and hospitals. In 1863 a Spanish decree introduced
education, establishing public schooling in Spanish.[126]

In 1646, a series of five naval actions known as theBattles of La Naval de Manila was fought between the forces of Spain and theDutch Republic, as part of
the Eighty Years' War. Although the Spanish forces consisted of just two Manila galleons and agalley with crews composed mainly of Filipino volunteers,
against three separate Dutch squadrons, totaling eighteen ships, the Dutch squadrons were severely defeated in all fronts by the Spanish-Filipino forces,
forcing the Dutch to abandon their plans for an invasion of the Philippines.

Spanish rule during the 18th century [edit]

Colonial income derived mainly from entrept trade: The Manila Galleons sailing from the port of Manila to the port ofAcapulco on the west coast of Mexico
brought shipments of silver bullion, and minted coin that were exchanged for return cargoes of Asian, and Pacific products. A total of 110 Manila galleons set
sail in the 250 years of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1565 to 1815). There was no direct trade with Spain until 1766.[124]
 The Philippines was never profitable as a colony during Spanish rule, and
the long war against the Dutch in the 17th century together with the
intermittent conflict with the Muslims in the South nearly bankrupted the
colonial treasury.[124] The Royal Fiscal of Manila wrote a letter toKing
Charles III of Spain, in which he advises to abandon the colony.

The Philippines survived on an annual subsidy paid by the Spanish Crown,

and the 200-year-old fortifications at Manila had not been improved much
since first built by the early Spanish colonizers.[127] This was one of the Coat of arms of Manila were at
circumstances that made possible the brief British occupation of Manila the corners of the Cross of
Burgundy in the Spanish-Filipino
between 1762 and 1764.
battle standard.

Manila Cathedral British invasion (17621764) [edit]

Main article: British occupation of Manila

Britain declared war against Spain on January 4, 1762 and on September 24, 1762 a force of British Army regulars and
British East India Company soldiers, supported by the ships and men of the East Indies Squadron of the BritishRoyal Navy,
sailed into Manila Bay from Madras, India.[128] Manila was besieged and fell to the British on October 4, 1762.

Outside of Manila, the Spanish leader Simn de Anda y Salazar organized a militia of 10 000 of mostlyPampanga to resist
British rule. Anda y Salazar established his headquarters first in Bulacan, then in Bacolor.[129] After a number of skirmishes
and failed attempts to support uprisings, the British command admitted to the War Secretary in London that the Spanish
were "in full possession of the country".[130] The occupation of Manila ended in April 1764 as agreed to in the peace
negotiations for the Seven Years' War in Europe. The Spanish then persecuted the Binondo Chinese community for its role
in aiding the British.[131] An unknown number of Indian soldiers known as sepoys, who came with the British, deserted and
[132]
settled in nearby Cainta, Rizal, which explains the uniquely Indian features of generations of Cainta residents.

Spanish rule in the second part of the 18th century [edit]

In 1766 direct communication was established with Spain and trade with Europe through a national ship based on Spain. Fort Santiago Postern of Our
Those expeditions were administered since 1785 by the Real Compaa Filipina, which was granted a monopoly of trade Lady of Solitude, Manila, through
which on 5 October 1762,
between Spain and the islands that lasted until 1834, when the company was terminated by the Spanish crown due to
Lieutenant Governor Simn de
poor management and financial losses.[citation needed] Anda y Salazar escaped the British
bombardment during the conquest
In 1781, Governor-General Jos Basco y Vargas established the Economic Society of the Friends of the Country.[133] The
of Manila.
Philippines was administered from the Viceroyalty of New Spain until the independence to Mexico in 1821 necessitated the
direct rule from Spain of the Philippines from that year.

Spanish rule during the 19th century [edit]

The Philippines was included in the vast territory of the Kingdom of Spain, in the first
constitution of Spain promulgated in Cadiz in 1812. It was never a colony as modern-
day historical literature would say, but an overseas region in Asia {Spanish
Constitution 1812}. The Spanish Constitution of 1870 provides for the first
autonomous community for "Archipelago Filipino" where all provinces in the
The Cross of Burgundy served as
Philippine Islands will be given the semi-independent home rule program. the flag of the Viceroyalty of New
Spain (15351821)
During the 19th century Spain invested heavily in education and infrastructure.
Through the Education Decree of December 20, 1863, Queen Isabella II of Spain
decreed the establishment of a free public school system that used Spanish as the
language of instruction, leading to increasing numbers of educated Filipinos.[134]
Additionally, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cut travel time to Spain, which
facilitated the rise of the ilustrados, an enlightened class of Spanish-Filipinos that had
been able to enroll in Spanish and European universities. The Philippines has
contributed one Prime Minister to Spain, Marcelo Azcarraga, who was born in the
Colonial houses of the Philippines
Bicol Peninsula in the Philippine Islands, Spain.

A great deal of infrastructure projects were undertaken during the 19th century that
put the Philippine economy and standard of living ahead of most of
its Asian neighbors and even many European countries at that time.
Among them were a railway system for Luzon, a tramcar network for
Manila, and Asia's first steel suspension bridge Puente Claveria, later
called Puente Colgante.[135]
Jos Rizal
On August 1, 1851 the Banco Espaol-Filipino de Isabel II was
established to attend the needs of the rapid economic boom, that
had greatly increased its pace since the 1800s as a result of a new economy based on a rational
exploitation of the agricultural resources of the islands. The increase in textile fiber crops such as abac,
oil products derived from the coconut, indigo, that was growing in demand, etc., generated an increase
Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in money supply that led to the creation of the bank. Banco Espaol-Filipino was also granted the power
to print a Philippine-specific currency (the Philippine peso) for the first time (before 1851, many
currencies were used, mostly the pieces of eight).

Spanish Manila was seen in the 19th century as a model of colonial governance that effectively put the interests of the original inhabitants of the islands
before those of the colonial power. As John Crawfurd put it in its History of the Indian Archipelago, in all of Asia the "Philippines alone did improve in
civilization, wealth, and populousness under the colonial rule" of a foreign power.[136] John Bowring, Governor General of British Hong Kong from 1856 to
1860, wrote after his trip to Manila:

"Credit is certainly due to Spain for having bettered the condition of a people who, though
comparatively highly civilized, yet being continually distracted by petty wars, had sunk into a
disordered and uncultivated state.

The inhabitants of these beautiful Islands upon the whole, may well be considered to have lived as
comfortably during the last hundred years, protected from all external enemies and governed by mild
laws vis-a-vis those from any other tropical country under native or European sway, owing in some
measure, to the frequently discussed peculiar (Spanish) circumstances which protect the interests of
the natives."[137]
Escolta, Manila in 1899
In The Inhabitants of the Philippines, Frederick Henry Sawyer wrote:

"Until an inept bureaucracy was substituted for the old paternal rule, and the revenue quadrupled by increased taxation, the Filipinos were as
happy a community as could be found in any colony. The population greatly multiplied; they lived in competence, if not in affluence; cultivation
was extended, and the exports steadily increased. [...] Let us be just; what British, French, or Dutch colony, populated by natives can compare
with the Philippines as they were until 1895?."[138]
 The first official census in the Philippines was carried out in 1878. The colony's population as of December
31, 1877, was recorded at 5,567,685 persons.[139] This was followed by the 1887 census that yielded a count
of 6,984,727, [140] while that of 1898 yielded 7,832,719 inhabitants.[141]

The estimated GDP per capita for the Philippines in 1900, the year Spain left, was $1,033.00. That made it
the second-richest place in all of Asia, just a little behind Japan ($1,135.00), and far ahead of China ($652.00)
and India ($625.00).[142]

Santa Lucia Gate, Intramuros, Manila
status."[this quote needs a citation]
In 2006, the Civil Code of Spain provided that the acquisition of nationalities of Ibero-American countries,
Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal and those of the Sephardic Jews originally from Spain,
does not bear the loss of their Spanish nationalities of origin that paved the way for easier route of Spanish
Nationality reacquisition by the people of the Philippines. A similar law in the Philippines was enacted later in
1963 that provides "Natural born citizens of the Philippines who acquired the citizenship of one of the Iberian
countries, Ibero-American Countries and United Kingdom will not lose their natural born citizen

Philippine Revolution [edit]

Main article: Philippine Revolution

Revolutionary sentiments arose in 1872 after three Filipino priests, Mariano Gmez, Jos Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora,
known as Gomburza, were accused of sedition by colonial authorities and executed. This would inspire thePropaganda
Movement in Spain, organized by Marcelo H. del Pilar, Jos Rizal, Graciano Lpez Jaena, and Mariano Ponce, that clamored
for adequate representation to the Spanish Cortes and later for independence. Jos Rizal, the most celebrated intellectual
and radical ilustrado of the era, wrote the novels "Noli Me Tngere", and "El filibusterismo", which greatly inspired the
movement for independence.[143] The Katipunan, a secret society whose primary purpose was that of overthrowing
Spanish rule in the Philippines, was founded by Andrs Bonifacio who became its Supremo (leader).

An early flag of the Filipino
revolutionaries.
Spanish-governed Philippines.
The Philippine Revolution began in 1896. Rizal was wrongly implicated in the outbreak
of the revolution and executed for treason in 1896. The Katipunan in Cavite split into
two groups, Magdiwang, led by Mariano lvarez (a relative of Bonifacio's by marriage),
and Magdalo, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Leadership conflicts between Bonifacio and
Aguinaldo culminated in the execution or assassination of the former by the latter's
soldiers. Aguinaldo agreed to a truce with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and Aguinaldo and
his fellow revolutionaries were exiled to Hong Kong. Not all the revolutionary generals
Andrs Bonifacio, father of the
complied with the agreement. One, General Francisco Makabulos, established a Central Philippine Revolution.
Executive Committee to serve as the interim government until a more suitable one was
created. Armed conflicts resumed, this time coming from almost every province in

In 1898, as conflicts continued in the Philippines, the USS Maine, having been sent to Cuba
because of U.S. concerns for the safety of its citizens during an ongoing Cuban revolution,
exploded and sank in Havana harbor. This event precipitated the SpanishAmerican War.[144]
After Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish squadron at Manila, a German
squadron arrived in Manila and engaged in maneuvers which Dewey, seeing this as
obstruction of his blockade, offered warafter which the Germans backed down.[145] The
German Emperor expected an American defeat, with Spain left in a sufficiently weak position
for the revolutionaries to capture Manilaleaving the Philippines ripe for German
picking. [146]

The U.S. invited Aguinaldo to return to the Philippines in the hope he would rally Filipinos
against the Spanish colonial government. Aguinaldo arrived on May 19, 1898, via transport
provided by Dewey. By the time U.S. land forces had arrived, the Filipinos had taken control
of the entire island of Luzon, except for the walled city of Intramuros. On June 12, 1898,
Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite, establishing the Revolutionaries gather during the Malolos Congress of the First
Philippine Republic.
First Philippine Republic under Asia's first democratic constitution.[143]

In the Battle of Manila, the United States captured the city from the Spanish. This battle
marked an end of Filipino-American collaboration, as Filipino forces were prevented from entering the captured city of Manila, an action deeply resented by
the Filipinos.[147] Spain and the United States sent commissioners to Paris to draw up the terms of theTreaty of Paris which ended the SpanishAmerican War.
[147]
The Filipino representative, Felipe Agoncillo, was excluded from sessions as the revolutionary government was not recognized by the family of nations.
Although there was substantial domestic opposition, the United States decided to annex the Philippines. In addition to Guam and Puerto Rico, Spain was
forced in the negotiations to hand over the Philippines to the U.S. in exchange for US$20,000,000.00.[148] U.S. President McKinley justified the annexation of
the Philippines by saying that it was "a gift from the gods" and that since "they were unfit for self-government, there was nothing left for us to do but to
take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them",[149][150] in spite of the Philippines having been already Christianized
by the Spanish over the course of several centuries. The First Philippine Republic resisted the U.S. occupation, resulting in the PhilippineAmerican War (1899
1913).

American rule (18981946) [edit]

Main article: History of the Philippines (18981946)

Filipinos initially saw their relationship with the United States as that of two nations joined in a common struggle against
Spain. [151] However, the United States later distanced itself from the interests of the Filipino insurgents. Emilio Aguinaldo
was unhappy that the United States would not commit to paper a statement of support for Philippine independence.[152]
Relations deteriorated and tensions heightened as it became clear that the Americans were in the islands to stay.[152]

PhilippineAmerican War [edit]

Main article: PhilippineAmerican War

Hostilities broke out on February 4, 1899, after two American privates on patrol
killed three Filipino soldiers in San Juan, a Manila suburb.[153] This incident sparked
the PhilippineAmerican War, which would cost far more money and take far more
lives than the SpanishAmerican War.[143] Some 126,000 American soldiers would
be committed to the conflict; 4,234 Americans died, as did 12,00020,000
Philippine Republican Army soldiers who were part of a nationwide guerrilla
1898 political cartoon showing
movement of indeterminate numbers.[153] U.S. President McKinley with a
native child. Here, returning the
The general population, caught between Americans and rebels, suffered
Philippines to Spain is compared to
significantly. At least 200,000 Filipino civilians lost their lives as an indirect result of throwing the child off a cliff.
the war mostly as a result of the cholera epidemic at the war's end that took
Filipino casualties on the first day of
war between 150,000 and 200,000 lives.[154] Atrocities were committed by both
sides.[153]

The poorly equipped Filipino troops were easily overpowered by American troops in open combat, but they were formidable opponents in guerrilla
warfare.[153] Malolos, the revolutionary capital, was captured on March 31, 1899. Aguinaldo and his government escaped, however, establishing a new capital

American troops guarding the bridge over the
River Pasig on the afternoon of the surrender. From
Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain , Vol. II,
published by Harper and Brothers in 1899.
the war. [153] However, sporadic insurgent resistance continued in various parts of the Philippines, especially in the Muslim south, until 1913.
at San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. On June 5, 1899, Antonio Luna, Aguinaldo's
most capable military commander, was killed by Aguinaldo's guards in
an apparent assassination while visiting Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija to
meet with Aguinaldo.[155] With his best commander dead and his troops
suffering continued defeats as American forces pushed into northern
Luzon, Aguinaldo dissolved the regular army on November 13 and
ordered the establishment of decentralized guerrilla commands in each
of several military zones.[156] Another key general, Gregorio del Pilar,
was killed on December 2, 1899 in the Battle of Tirad Passa rear
guard action to delay the Americans while Aguinaldo made good his President Emilio Aguinaldo
escape through the mountains. surrenders
Aguinaldo was captured at Palanan, Isabela on March 23, 1901 and was
brought to Manila. Convinced of the futility of further resistance, he swore allegiance to the United States
and issued a proclamation calling on his compatriots to lay down their arms, officially bringing an end to
[157]

In 1900, President McKinley sent the Taft Commission, to the Philippines, with a mandate to legislate laws and re-engineer
the political system. [158] On July 1, 1901, William Howard Taft, the head of the commission, was inaugurated as Civil
Governor, with limited executive powers. [159] The authority of the Military Governor was continued in those areas where
the insurrection persisted.[160] The Taft Commission passed laws to set up the fundamentals of the new government,
including a judicial system, civil service, and local government. A Philippine Constabulary was organized to deal with the
remnants of the insurgent movement and gradually assume the responsibilities of the United States Army.[161]
Flag of the United States, 1896
The Tagalog, Negros and Zamboanga Cantonal Republics [edit] 1908.

During the First Philippine Republic, three other insurgent republics were briefly formed: theTagalog Republic in Luzon,
under Macario Sakay,[162] the Negros Republic in the Visayas under Aniceto Lacson, and the Republic of Zamboanga in Mindanao under Mariano Arquiza.[163]
Despite resistance from these three republics ignored by Aguinaldo who included them in his gift to the USA, all three were eventually dissolved and the
Philippines was ruled as a singular insular territory.

Insular Government (19011935) [edit]

Main article: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

The Philippine Organic Act was the basic law for the Insular Government, so called because civil administration was under
the authority of the U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs. This government saw its mission as one of tutelage, preparing the
Philippines for eventual independence.[164] On July 4, 1902 the office of military governor was abolished and full executive
power passed from Adna Chaffee, the last military governor, to Taft, who became the first U.S.Governor-General of the
Philippines.[165]

United States policies towards the Philippines shifted with changing administrations.[143] During the early years of
William Howard Taft addressing
territorial administration, the Americans were reluctant to delegate authority to the Filipinos, but an elected Philippine
the audience at the Philippine
Assembly was inaugurated in 1907, as the lower house of abicameral legislature, with the appointive Philippine Assembly.
Commission becoming the upper house. When Woodrow Wilson became U.S. president in 1913, a new policy was adopted
to put into motion a process that would gradually lead to Philippine independence. However, majority of American
initiatives towards the early days of colonial rule
were focused on two endeavors (1) preventing the
Filipinos to return to Spain, and (2) the gradual
phase out program of the Filipinos links to Spain by
gradual introduction of the concept of Spanish
slavery of the Filipinos throughout three centuries
and gradual phase out of Spanish as a national
language of the islands. Although the option to
revert to Spanish/European nationality are provided
in Jones Laws of 1902 and 1916, these were not fully Manuel Luis Quezon, (center), with
Tranvia in Manila during American Era representatives from the Philippine Independence
implemented. In 1905, the Spanish national Anthem
Mission
"Filipinas" was banned by the Americans until the
next generations of the Filipinos have forgotten its original Spanish lyrics. In 1902 the United States forced
the Filipinos to accept the nationality of the Philippine Islands as one of the method towards home rule policy Jones Law, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1916
to serve as a new basic law, promised eventual independence. It provide for the election of both houses of the legislature.

In socio-economic terms, the Philippines made solid progress in this period. Foreign trade had
amounted to 62 million pesos in 1895, 13% of which was with the United States. By 1920, it had
increased to 601 million pesos, 66% of which was with the United States.[166] A health care system
was established which, by 1930, reduced the mortality rate from all causes, including various
tropical diseases, to a level similar to that of the United States itself. The practices ofslavery, piracy
and headhunting were suppressed but not entirely extinguished.

A new educational system was established with English as the medium of instruction, eventually
becoming a lingua franca of the Islands. The 1920s saw alternating periods of cooperation and
confrontation with American governors-general, depending on how intent the incumbent was on
exercising his powers vis--vis the Philippine legislature. Members to the elected legislature lobbied
for immediate and complete independence from the United States. Several independence missions
were sent to Washington, D.C. A civil service was formed and was gradually taken over by Filipinos,
who had effectively gained control by 1918.

Philippine politics during the American territorial era was dominated by theNacionalista Party, which Manila, Philippines, ca.1900s

was founded in 1907. Although the party's platform called for "immediate independence", their
policy toward the Americans was highly accommodating.[167] Within the political establishment, the call for independence was spearheaded byManuel L.
Quezon, who served continuously as Senate president from 1916 until 1935.

World War I gave the Philippines the opportunity to pledge assistance to the US war effort. This took the form of an offer to supply a division of troops, as well
as providing funding for the construction of two warships. A locally recruited national guard was created and significant numbers of Filipinos volunteered for
service in the US Navy and army.[168]

Frank Murphy was the last Governor-General of the Philippines (193335), and the first U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines (193536). The change in
form was more than symbolic: it was intended as a manifestation of the transition to independence.

Commonwealth [edit]
Main article: Commonwealth of the Philippines

The Great Depression in the early thirties hastened the progress of the Philippines towards independence. In the United States it was mainly the sugar
industry and labor unions that had a stake in loosening the U.S. ties to the Philippines since they could not compete with the Philippine cheap sugar (and other
commodities) which could freely enter the U.S. market. Therefore, they agitated in favor of granting independence to the Philippines so that its cheap
 products and labor could be shut out of the United States. [169] In 1933, the United
States Congress passed the HareHawesCutting Act as a Philippine Independence
Act over President Herbert Hoover's veto.[170] Though the bill had been drafted with
the aid of a commission from the Philippines, it was opposed by Philippine Senate
President Manuel L. Quezon, partially because of provisions leaving the United States
in control of naval bases. Under his influence, the Philippine legislature rejected the
bill.[171] The following year, a revised act known as the TydingsMcDuffie Act was
finally passed. The act provided for the establishment of the Commonwealth of the
Philippines with transition to full independence after a ten-year period. The Commonwealth President
commonwealth would have its own constitution and be self-governing, though Manuel L. Quezon with United
foreign policy would be the responsibility of the United States, and certain legislation States President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in Washington, D.C.
required approval of the United States president. [171] The Act stipulated that the
date of independence would be on July 4 following the tenth anniversary of the
establishment of the Commonwealth.
Philippine President Manuel L. A Constitutional Convention was convened in Manila on July
Quezon
30, 1934. On February 8, 1935, the 1935 Constitution of the
Republic of the Philippines was approved by the convention by
a vote of 177 to 1. The constitution was approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 23,
1935 and ratified by popular vote on May 14, 1935.[172][173]

On September 17, 1935,[174] presidential elections were held. Candidates included former president
Emilio Aguinaldo, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente leader Gregorio Aglipay, and others. Manuel L.
Quezon and Sergio Osmea of the Nacionalista Party were proclaimed the winners, winning the seats
of president and vice-president, respectively. [175]
With Manila's Filipino Hispanic roots, Daniel Burnham
The Commonwealth Government was inaugurated on the morning of November 15, 1935, in developed the Urban planning of Manila through the City
ceremonies held on the steps of the Legislative Building in Manila. The event was attended by a Beautiful Movement; Neo-Classical architecture of Paris
crowd of around 300,000 people.[174] Under the TydingsMcDuffie Act this meant that the date of full through Manila's Government buildings, Canals of Venice
through the Esteros of Manila, Sunset view of Naples through
independence for the Philippines was set for July 4, 1946, a timetable which was followed after the
Manila Bay and Winding River of Paris through Pasig River. a
passage of almost eleven very eventful years. fine example of the Burnham plan is the Manila Central Post
Office and Jones Bridge Manila circa 1930s.
World War II and Japanese occupation [edit]
Main articles: Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Second Philippine Republic, and Home front
during World War II The Philippines

Military [edit]

As many as 10,000 American and
FIlipino people died in the Bataan Death
March
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Clark Air Base in Pampanga on the
morning of December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Aerial bombardment was followed by landings of ground troops on Luzon. The
defending Philippine and United States troops were under the command of General
Douglas MacArthur. Under the pressure of superior numbers, the defending forces
withdrew to the Bataan Peninsula and to the island of Corregidor at the entrance to
Manila Bay.
On January 2, 1942, General MacArthur declared the capital city, Manila, anopen
city to prevent its destruction.[176] The Philippine defense continued until the final
surrender of United States-Philippine forces on the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942
and on Corregidor in May of the same year. Most of the 80,000 prisoners of war
Japanese Army Tankettes in
captured by the Japanese at Bataan were forced to undertake the infamous
Manila, Philippines 1942
Bataan Death March to a prison camp 105 kilometers to the north. About
10,000 Filipinos and 1,200 Americans died before reaching their
destination.[177] President Quezon and Osmea had accompanied the troops to Corregidor and later left for the
United States, where they set up a government in exile.[178] MacArthur was ordered to Australia, where he started
to plan for a return to the Philippines.

The Japanese military authorities immediately began organizing a new government structure in the Philippines
and established the Philippine Executive Commission. They initially organized a Council of State, through which
they directed civil affairs until October 1943, when they declared the Philippines an independent republic. The
Japanese-sponsored republic headed by President Jos P. Laurel proved to be unpopular to the pro-colonial
Filipinos, but very popular to the pro-Asiatic independence Filipinos.

Colonel Nobuhiko Jimbo and Manuel Roxas
began and ended the conflict on opposite
sides.
Japanese occupation of the Philippines was opposed by large-scale underground guerrilla activity. The American-
aligned Philippine Army, as well as remnants of the U.S. Army Forces Far East,[179][180] continued to fight the
Japanese and pro-Japanese paramilitary forces in a guerrilla war and was considered an auxiliary unit of the
United States Army.[181] Their effectiveness was such that by the end of the war, Japan controlled only twelve of
the forty-eight provinces.[182] One element of resistance in the Central Luzon area was furnished by the
[182]
Hukbalahap, which armed some 30,000 people and extended their control over much of Luzon.

The occupation of the Philippines by Japan ended at the war's conclusion. At

the eve of the liberation of the Philippines, the Allied forces and the Japanese Empire waged the largest naval battle in
history, by gross tonnage in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.[185] The American army had been fighting the Philippines Campaign
since October 1944, when MacArthur's Sixth United States Army landed on Leyte. Landings in other parts of the country
had followed, and the Allies, with the Philippine Commonwealth troops, pushed toward Manila. However, fighting
continued until Japan's formal surrender on September 2, 1945. Approximately 10,000 U.S. soldiers were missing in
action in the Philippines when the war ended, more than in any other country in the Pacific or European Theaters. The
Philippines suffered great loss of life and tremendous physical destruction, especially during the Battle of Manila. An
estimated 1 million Filipinos had been killed, a large portion during the final months of the war, and Manila had been
Leyte Landing of General Douglas
extensively damaged, mainly due to excessive use of artillery by the American forces.[182]
MacArthur to liberate the Philippines
from the Empire of Japan
Home front [edit]

As in most occupied countries, crime, looting, corruption, and black markets were
endemic. Japan in 1943 proposed independence on new terms, and some collaborators went along with the plan, but Japan was
clearly losing the war and nothing became of it.[186]

With a view of building up the economic base of theGreater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, the Japanese Army envisioned
using the islands as a source of agricultural products needed by its industry. For example, Japan had a surplus of sugar from
Taiwan but, a severe shortage of cotton, so they tried to grow cotton on sugar lands with disastrous results. They lacked the
seeds, pesticides, and technical skills to grow cotton. Jobless farm workers flocked to the cities, where there was minimal relief
and few jobs. The Japanese Army also tried using cane sugar for fuel, castor beans and copra for oil, derris for quinine, cotton for
uniforms, and abaca (hemp) for rope. The plans were very difficult to implement in the face of limited skills, collapsed
Battle of Manila international markets, bad weather, and transportation shortages. The program was a failure that gave very little help to
 Japanese industry, and diverted resources needed for food production.

Living conditions were bad throughout the Philippines during the war. Transportation
between the islands was difficult because of lack of fuel. Food was in very short supply, due
to inflation.[187]

Postcolonial Philippines and the Third Republic (19461965)

[edit]

Main article: History of the Philippines (19461965)

Administration of Manuel Roxas (19461948) [edit]

The Flag of the United
States of America is lowered
while the Flag of the
Philippines is raised during the
Independence Day ceremonies
on July 4, 1946
Elections were held in April 1946, with Manuel Roxas becoming the first president of the
independent Republic of the Philippines. The United States ceded its sovereignty over the
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines on July 4, 1946, as scheduled.[143][188] However, the Philippine economy surrender
remained highly dependent on United States marketsmore dependent, according to United
States high commissioner Paul McNutt, than any single U.S. state was dependent on the rest
of the country.[189] The Philippine Trade Act, passed as a precondition for receiving war rehabilitation
grants from the United States,[190] exacerbated the dependency with provisions further tying the
economies of the two countries. A military assistance pact was signed in 1947 granting the United
States a 99-year lease on designated military bases in the country.

Administration of Elpidio Quirino (19481953) [edit]

The Roxas administration granted general amnesty to those who had collaborated with the Japanese in World War II, except for
those who had committed violent crimes. Roxas died suddenly of a heart attack in April 1948, and the vice president, Elpidio
Quirino, was elevated to the presidency. He ran for president in his own right in 1949, defeatingJos P. Laurel and winning a four-
year term. Manuel Roxas,
President from 1946
World War II had left the Philippines demoralized and severely damaged. The task of reconstruction was complicated by the until 1948.
activities of the Communist-supported Hukbalahap guerrillas (known as "Huks"), who had evolved into a violent resistance force
against the new Philippine government. Government policy towards the Huks alternated between gestures of negotiation and harsh
suppression. Secretary of Defense Ramon Magsaysay initiated a campaign to defeat the
insurgents militarily and at the same time win popular support for the government. The Huk
movement had waned in the early 1950s, finally ending with the unconditional surrender of Huk
leader Luis Taruc in May 1954.

Administration of Ramon Magsaysay (19531957) [edit]

Supported by the United States, Magsaysay was elected president in 1953 on apopulist platform.
He promised sweeping economic reform, and made progress in land reform by promoting the
resettlement of poor people in the Catholic north into traditionally Muslim areas. Though this
relieved population pressure in the north, it heightened religious hostilities.[191] Nevertheless, he Elpidio Quirino,
was extremely popular with the common people, and his death in an airplane crash in March 1957 president from 1948
dealt a serious blow to national morale.[192] until 1953.

Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez was Administration of Carlos P. Garcia (19571961) [edit]

the second daughter of Philippine
President Elpidio Quirino. Since her Carlos P. Garcia succeeded to the presidency after Magsaysay's death, and was elected
father was a widower, she served to a four-year term in the election of November that same year. His administration
as First Lady of the Philippines , emphasized the nationalist theme of "Filipino first", arguing that the Filipino people
becoming the youngest bearer of
the title at the age of 16. should be given the chances to improve the country's economy. [193] Garcia successfully
negotiated for the United States' relinquishment of large military land reservations.
However, his administration lost popularity on issues of government corruption as his
term advanced.[194] President and Mrs. Magsaysay
with Eleanor Roosevelt at the
Malacaan Palace.
Administration of Diosdado Macapagal (19611965) [edit]

In the presidential elections held on November 14, 1961, Vice PresidentDiosdado Macapagal
defeated re-electionist President Carlos P. Garcia and Emmanuel Pelaez as a Vice
President. President Macapagal was the President of the Philippines that changed
the independence day of the Philippines from July 4 to June 12.

Land Reform Code [edit]

Carlos P. Garcia,
president of the
Philippines from 1957
until 1961.
Main article: Agricultural Land Reform Code
See also: Land reform in the Philippines
The Agricultural Land Reform Code (RA 3844) was a major Philippine land
reform law enacted in 1963 under President Diosdado Macapagal.[195]
The code declared that it was State policy

1. To establish owner-cultivatorship and the economic family-size farm as the basis of Philippine
agriculture and, as a consequence, divert landlord capital in agriculture to industrial development;
2. To achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers free from pernicious institutional restraints and
practices;
3. To create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture conducive to greater productivity
and higher farm incomes;
4. To apply all labor laws equally and without discrimination to both industrial and agricultural wage
earners;
President-elect Diosdado Macapagal departs
5. To provide a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land distribution; and his mother-in-law's home, his family in tow, for the
6. To make the small farmers more independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens, and a source of Malacaang Palace on the day of his inauguration.
genuine strength in our democratic society.

and, in pursuance of those policies, established the following

1. An agricultural leasehold system to replace all existing share tenancy systems in agriculture;
2. A declaration of rights for agricultural labor;
3. An authority for the acquisition and equitable distribution of agricultural land;
4. An institution to finance the acquisition and distribution of agricultural land;
5. A machinery to extend credit and similar assistance to agriculture;
6. A machinery to provide marketing, management, and other technical services to agriculture;
7. A unified administration for formulating and implementing projects of land reform;
8. An expanded program of land capability survey, classification, and registration; and
 9. A judicial system to decide issues arising under this Code and other related laws and regulations.

Maphilindo [edit]
Main article: Maphilindo

Maphilindo was a proposed nonpolitical confederation of Malaya, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It was based on concepts developed during the
Commonwealth government in the Philippines by Wenceslao Vinzons and by Eduardo L. Martelino in his 1959 bookSomeday, Malaysia".[196]

In July 1963, President Diosdado Macapagal of the Philippines convened a summit meeting in Manila. Maphilindo was proposed as a realization of Jos Rizal's
dream of bringing together the Malay peoples. However, this was perceived as a tactic on the parts of Jakarta and Manila to delay or prevent the formation of
the Federation of Malaysia. The plan failed when Indonesian President Sukarno adopted his plan of Konfrontasi with Malaysia.[197]

Marcos era and martial law (19651986) [edit]

Main article: History of the Philippines (19651986)

The leaders of the SEATO nations in front of
the Congress Building in Manila, hosted by
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on
October 24, 1966. (L-R:) Prime Minister Nguyen
Cao Ky (South Vietnam), Prime Minister Harold
Holt (Australia), President Park Chung-hee (South
Korea), President Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines),
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake (New Zealand),
Lt. Gen. Nguyn Vn Thiu (South Vietnam),
Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn (Thailand),
President Lyndon B. Johnson (United States)
Macapagal ran for re-election in 1965, but was defeated by his formerparty-mate,
Senate President Ferdinand Marcos, who had switched to the Nacionalista Party.
Early in his presidency, Marcos initiated ambitious public works projects and
intensified tax collection which brought the country economic prosperity
throughout the 1970s. His administration built more roads (including a substantial
portion of the Pan-Philippine Highway) than all his predecessors combined, and
more schools than any previous administration.[198] Marcos was re-elected
president in 1969, becoming the first president of the Philippines to achieve a
second term. Opponents of Marcos, however, blocked the necessary legislation to
further implement his expansive agenda. Because of this, optimism faded early in
his second term and economic growth slowed.[199] Crime and civil disobedience
increased. The Communist Party of the Philippines formed the New People's Army
in response to his shaky hold over the nation and the Moro National Liberation
Front continued to fight for an independent Muslim nation in Mindanao. An
explosion during the proclamation rally of the senatorial slate of the Liberal Party
on August 21, 1971 prompted Marcos to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, which
Imelda Marcos
he restored on January 11, 1972 after public protests.
Martial law [edit]

Amidst the rising wave of lawlessness and the conveniently

timed threat of a looming Communist insurgency, Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972 by
virtue of Proclamation No. 1081. The Nacionalista president, ruling by decree, curtailed press freedom and
other civil liberties, abolished Congress, closed down major media establishments, ordered the arrest of
opposition leaders and militant activists, including his staunchest critics: senators Benigno Aquino, Jr., Jovito
Salonga and Jose Diokno.[200] The declaration of martial law was initially well received, given the social turmoil
the Philippines was experiencing.[201] Crime rates plunged dramatically after a curfew was implemented.[202]
Many political opponents were forced to go into exile.[citation needed] Corazon C. Aquino, the Wife ofBenigno
Aquino, Jr. replaced Marcos by an Election on 1986.
Banda Kawayan Pilipinas performing c. 1970's
A constitutional convention, which had been called for in 1970 to replace the colonial1935 Constitution,
continued the work of framing a new constitution after the declaration of martial law. The new constitution went
into effect in early 1973, changing the form of government from presidential to parliamentary and allowing Marcos to stay in power beyond 1973. Marcos
claimed that martial law was the prelude to creating a "New Society" based on new social and political values.[203] The economy during the 1970s was robust,
with budgetary and trade surpluses. The Gross National Product rose from P55 billion in 1972 to P193 billion in 1980. Tourism rose, contributing to the
economy's growth.

Fourth Republic [edit]

Marcos officially lifted martial law on January 17, 1981. However, he retained much of the government's power for
arrest and detention. Corruption and nepotism as well as civil unrest contributed to a serious decline in economic
growth and development under Marcos, whose own health faced obstacles due to lupus. The political opposition
decided to boycotted the 1981 presidential elections, which pitted Marcos against retired general Alejo Santos, in
protest over his control over the results.[200] Marcos won by a margin of over 16 million votes, which constitutionally
allowed him to have another six-year term. Finance Minister Cesar Virata was eventually appointed to succeed Marcos
as Prime Minister.[204]

In 1983, opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was assassinated at the Manila International Airport upon his return to
Manila circa 1980s
the Philippines after a long period of exile. This coalesced popular dissatisfaction with Marcos and began a succession
of events, including pressure from the United States, that culminated in a snap presidential election in February
1986.[205] The opposition united under Aquino's widow, Corazon Aquino. The official election canvasser, the Commission on Elections (Comelec), declared
Marcos the winner of the election. However, there was a large discrepancy between the Comelec results and that of Namfrel, an accredited poll watcher. The
allegedly fraudulent result was rejected by Corazon Aquino and her supporters. International observers, including a U.S. delegation, denounced the official
results. [205] General Fidel Ramos and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile withdrew their support for Marcos. A peaceful civilian-military uprising, now popularly
called the People Power Revolution, forced Marcos into exile and installed Corazon Aquino as president on February 25, 1986.

Fifth Republic (1986present) [edit]

Main article: History of the Philippines (1986present)

Further information: 198690 Philippine coup attempts

Administration of Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (19861992) [edit]

Corazon Aquino immediately formed a revolutionary government to normalize the situation, and provided for a transitional
"Freedom Constitution".[206] A new permanent constitution was ratified and enacted in February 1987.[207]

The constitution crippled presidential power to declare martial law, proposed the creation of autonomous regions in the
Cordilleras and Muslim Mindanao, and restored the presidential form of government and the bicameral Congress.[208]

Progress was made in revitalizing democratic institutions and respect for civil liberties, but Aquino's administration was
also viewed as weak and fractious, and a return to full political stability and economic development was hampered by
several attempted coups staged by disaffected members of the Philippine military.[209]

Economic growth was additionally hampered by a series of natural disasters, including the 1991 eruption ofMount
Pinatubo that left 700 dead and 200,000 homeless.[210] Mount Pinatubo erupted in
1991.
During the Aquino presidency, Manila witnessed six unsuccessful coup attempts, the most serious occurring in December
1989.[211]

In 1991, the Philippine Senate rejected a treaty that would have allowed a 10-year extension of the U.S. military bases in the country. The United States
turned over Clark Air Base in Pampanga to the government in November, and Subic Bay Naval Base in Zambales in December 1992, ending almost a century
of U.S. military presence in the Philippines.

Administration of Fidel Valdez Ramos (19921998) [edit]

In the 1992 elections, Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos, endorsed by Aquino, won the presidency with just 23.6% of the vote in a field of seven candidates.
Early in his administration, Ramos declared "national reconciliation" his highest priority and worked at building a coalition to overcome the divisiveness of the
Aquino years.[208]

He legalized the Communist Party and laid the groundwork for talks with communist insurgents, Muslim separatists, and military rebels, attempting to
convince them to cease their armed activities against the government. In June 1994, Ramos signed into law a general conditional amnesty covering all rebel
groups, and Philippine military and police personnel accused of crimes committed while fighting the insurgents.

In October 1995, the government signed an agreement bringing the military insurgency to an end. A peace agreement with theMoro National Liberation Front
(MNLF), a major separatist group fighting for an independent homeland in Mindanao, was signed in 1996, ending the 24-year-old struggle. However, an MNLF
splinter group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front continued the armed struggle for an Islamic state.

Efforts by Ramos supporters to gain passage of an amendment that would allow him to run for a second term were met with large-scale protests, leading
Ramos to declare he would not seek re-election.[212]

On his Presidency the death penalty was revived in the light of the Rape-slay case ofEileen Sarmienta and Allan Gomez in 1993 and the first person to be
executed was Leo Echegaray in 1999.

Administration of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (19982001) [edit]

Joseph Estrada, a former movie actor who had served as Ramos' vice president, was elected president by a landslide victory in
1998. His election campaign pledged to help the poor and develop the country's agricultural sector. He enjoyed widespread
popularity, particularly among the poor.[213] Estrada assumed office amid the Asian Financial Crisis. The economy did,
however, recover from a low 0.6% growth in 1998 to a moderate growth of 3.4% by 1999.[214][215][216][217][218][219]

Like his predecessor there was a similar attempt to change the 1987 constitution. The process is termed as CONCORD or
Constitutional Correction for Development. Unlike Charter change under Ramos and Arroyo the CONCORD proposal, according
to its proponents, would only amend the 'restrictive' economic provisions of the constitution that is considered as impeding the
entry of more foreign investments in the Philippines. However it was not successful in amending the constitution.

After the worsening secessionist movement in Midanao in April 2000, President Estrada declared an "all-out-war" against the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).[220][221] The government later captured 46 MILF camps including the MILF's headquarters',
Camp Abubakar.[220][222][223]

In October 2000, however, Estrada was accused of having accepted millions of pesos in payoffs from illegal gambling
businesses. He was impeached by the House of Representatives, but his impeachment trial in the Senate broke down when the
President Joseph Estrada
senate voted to block examination of the president's bank records.

In response, massive street protests erupted demanding Estrada's

resignation. Faced with street protests, cabinet resignations, and a withdrawal of support from the
armed forces, Estrada was forced from office on January 20, 2001.

Administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (20012010) [edit]

Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (the daughter of President Diosdado Macapagal) was sworn
in as Estrada's successor on the day of his departure. Her accession to power was further
legitimized by the mid-term congressional and local elections held four months later, when her
coalition won an overwhelming victory.[224]

Arroyo's initial term in office was marked by fractious coalition politics as well as a military mutiny
in Manila in July 2003 that led her to declare a month-long nationwide state of rebellion.[224] Later
on in December 2002 she said would not run in May 10, 2004 presidential election, but she reversed
herself in October 2003 and decided to join the race anyways.[224] Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila

She was re-elected and sworn in for her own six-year term as president on June 30, 2004. In 2005, a
tape of a wiretapped conversation surfaced bearing the voice of Arroyo apparently asking an election official if her margin of victory could be maintained. [225]
The tape sparked protests calling for Arroyo's resignation. [225] Arroyo admitted to inappropriately speaking to an election official, but denied allegations of
fraud and refused to step down.[225] Attempts to impeach the president failed later that year.

Halfway through her second term, Arroyo unsuccessfully attempted TP PUSH for an overhaul of the constitution to transform the present presidential-
bicameral republic into a federal parliamentary-unicameral form of government, which critics describe would be a move that would allow her to stay in power
as Prime Minister.[226]

Numerous other scandals (such as the Maguindanao massacre, wherein 58 people were killed, and the unsuccessful NBN-ZTE Broadband Deal) took place in
the dawn of her administration. She formally ended her term as president in 2010 (wherein she was succeeded by Senator Benigno Aquino III) and ran for a
seat in congress the same year (becoming the second president after Jose P. Laurel to run for lower office following the presidency).

Administration of Benigno Simeon Aquino III (20102016) [edit]

Main article: Presidency of Benigno Aquino III

Benigno Aquino III began his presidency on June 30, 2010, the fifteenth President of the Philippines.
He is a bachelor and the son of former Philippines president Corazon C. Aquino. His administration
claimed to be focused on major reforms that would bring greater transparency, reduced poverty,
reduced corruption, and a booming market which will give birth to a newly industrialized nation.

Just as with his predecessor, however, Aquino's administration has been marked with a mix of
success and scandal since his inauguration, beginning with the 2010 Manila hostage crisis that
caused deeply strained relations between Manila and Hong Kong for a time (affecting major events
such as Wikimania 2013).

The Sultanate of Panay, founded in 2011, was recognized by the Lanao Advisory Council in 2012.

Tensions regarding Sabah due to the Sultanate of Sulu's claim gradually rose during the early years
of his administration. Standoffs in Sabah between The Sultanate of Sulu's Royal Army and the
Malaysian forces struck in 2013. Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Leyte

In 2012, the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro was signed to create the Bangsamoro
Government in Mindanao. In response, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was assembled by religious extremists with the goal of seceding from
the Philippines.

The economy performed well at 7.2% GDP growth, the second fastest in Asia.

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the country, leading to massive rehabilitation efforts by foreign world powers sending aid, inevitably devolving into
chaos following the revelations that the administration and that the government had not been properly handing out the aid packages and preference for
political maneuvering over the safety of the people, leading to mass deterioration of food and medical supplies.

In 2014, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro was finally signed after 17 years of negotiation with theMoro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a
move that is expected to bring peace in Mindanao and the Sulu.
On April 28, 2014, when United States President Barack Obama visited the Philippines, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, between the United
States of America and the Philippines, was signed. From January 15 to 19, 2015, Pope Francis
stayed in the Philippines for a series of publicity tours and paid visits to the victims ofTyphoon
Haiyan.

On January 25, 2015, 44 members of thePhilippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-
SAF) were killed during an encounter between MILF and BIFF in Mamasapano, Maguindanao
putting efforts to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law into law in an impasse.

Under his presidency, the Philippines has had controversial clashes with the People's Republic
of China on a number of issues (such as the standoff in Scarborough Shoal in the South China
Sea and the dispute over the Spratly islands). This resulted in the proceedings of the
Philippines to file a sovereignty case against China in an global arbitration tribunal. Later on in
2014, the Aquino Administration then filed a memorial to the Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague
which challenged Beijing's claim in the South China Sea after Chinese ships were accused of
harassing a small Philippine vessel carrying goods for stationed military personnel in the South
Thomas Shoal where an old Philippine ship had been stationed for many years. Okada Manila

Under his presidency, for aiming to enhance the educational system in the country, Aquino III
signed the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, commonly known as K12 program on May 15, 2013.

On December 20, 2015, Pia Wurtzbach won the Miss Universe 2015, making her the third Filipino to win theMiss Universe title following Gloria Diaz in 1969
and Margarita Moran in 1973.

On January 12, 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court upheld the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement paving the way for the return ofUnited States
Armed Forces bases into the country.

On March 23, 2016, Diwata-1 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the country's first micro-satellite and the first satellite to be
built and designed by Filipinos.

Administration of Rodrigo Roa Duterte (2016present) [edit]

Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte of PDPLaban won the 2016 presidential election, garnering 39.01% or
16,601,997 of the total votes, becoming the first Mindanaoan to become president. On the other hand,
Camarines Sur 3rd District representative Leni Robredo won with the second narrowest margin in history,
against Senator Bongbong Marcos.[227] On 30 May, the Congress had proclaimed Rodrigo Duterte, despite
his absence, as president-elect and Leni Robredo as vice president-elect.[228] On July 12, 2016, the
Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of the Philippines in its case against China's claims in the
South China Sea.[229] Duterte's presidency began following his inauguration on June 30, 2016 at the Rizal
Ceremonial Hall of the Malacaang Palace in Manila, which was attended by more than 627 guests.[230] On
August 1, 2016, the Duterte administration launched a 24-hour complaint office accessible to the public
through a nationwide hotline, 8888, and changed the nationwide emergency telephone number from 117 to
911.[231][232] After winning the Presidency, Duterte launched an intensified anti-drug campaign to fulfill a Rodrigo Duterte, current President of the
campaign promise of wiping out criminality in six months.[233] By March 2017, the death toll for the Philippines.

Philippine Drug War passed 8,000 people, with 2,679 killed in legitimate police operations and the rest the
government claims to be homicide cases.[234][235][236] On November 8, 2016, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled in favor of the burial of the late
president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng Mga Bayani, the country's official cemetery for heroes, provoking protests from thousands of millennials,
Marcos-regime human rights victims, and relatives of people who were tortured, killed, or were still missing due to martial rule. The burial of the late president
was a campaign promise of President Rodrigo Duterte, who was supported by voters in Ilocos Norte, the home province of Marcos.[237] In November 18, 2016,
the remains of Ferdinand Marcos was secretly buried by the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the family and friends of
Ferdinand Marcos, despite the Supreme Court order being non-executory due to protocol. Later in the afternoon, the event was made public.[238] On May 23,
2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 216 declaring a 60-day martial law in Mindanao following clashes between government forces and
the Maute group in Marawi.[239]

See also [edit]

List of rulers of the Philippines National hero of the Philippines

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History of Asia
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Blair, Emma Helen & Robertson, James Alexander, eds. (1903). 15821583 . The Philippine Islands, 14931803. 5. Historical introduction and additional notes by
Edward Gaylord Bourne. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. "Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and
records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those
islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century."
Preface to Volume 1
General Preface

The entrance of the United States of America into the arena of world-politics, the introduction of American influence into Oriental affairs, and the establishment of
American authority in the Philippine archipelago, all render the history of those islands and their, numerous peoples a topic of engrossing interest and importance to
the reading public, and especially to scholars, historians, and statesmen. The present work its material carefully selected and arranged from a vast mass of printed
works and unpublished manuscripts is offered to the public with the intention and hope of casting light on the great problems which confront the American people in
 the Philippines; and of furnishing authentic and trustworthy material for a thorough and scholarly history of the islands. For this purpose, the Editors reproduce (mainly
in English translation) contemporaneous documents which constitute the best original sources of Philippine history. Beginning with Pope Alexander VI's line of
demarcation between the Spanish and the Portuguese dominions in the New World (1493), the course of history in the archipelago is thus traced through a period of
more than three centuries, comprising the greater part of the Spanish rgime.

In the selection of material, the Editors have sought to make the scope of the work commensurate with the breadth of the field, and to allot to each subject space
proportioned to its interest; not only the political relations, but the social and religious, economic and commercial conditions of the Philippines have received due
attention and care. All classes of writers are here representedearly navigators, officials civil and military, ecclesiastical dignitaries, and priests belonging to the
various religious orders who conducted the missions among the Filipino peoples. To the letters, reports, and narratives furnished by these men are added numerous
royal decrees, papal bulls and briefs, and other valuable documents. Most of this material is now for the first time made accessible to English-speaking readers; and
the great libraries and archives of Spain, Italy, France, England, Mexico, and the United States have generously contributed to furnish it.

In the presentation of these documents, the Editors assume an entirely impartial attitude, free from any personal bias, whether political or sectarian. They aim to
secure historical accuracy, especially in that aspect which requires the sympathetic interpretation of each author's thought and intention; and to depict faithfully the
various aspects of the life of the Filipinos, their relations with other peoples (especially those of Europe), and the gradual ascent of many tribes from barbarism. They
invite the reader's especial attention to the Introduction furnished for this series by Professor Edward Gaylord Bourne, of Yale University valuable alike for its breadth
of view and for its scholarly thoroughness. The Bibliographical Data at the end of each volume will supply necessary information as to sources and location of the
documents published therein; fuller details, and of broader scope, will be given in the volume devoted to Philippine bibliography, at the end of the series.

Blair, Emma Helen & Robertson, James Alexander, eds. (1903). 15831588 . The Philippine Islands, 14931898. 6. Historical introduction and additional notes by
Edward Gaylord Bourne. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. "Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and
records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those
islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century."
Change of title and extension of scope Preface to Volume 6 .
Editorial Announcement

The Editors desire to announce to their readers an important modification in the scope and contents of this work. As
originally planned and hitherto announced, the series was intended to furnish the original sources, printed and
documentary, for the history of the Philippine Islands only to the beginning of the nineteenth century. To most of our
readers, the reasons for this are obvious: the fact that the classic period of Philippine history is thus bounded; the
comparative rarity and inaccessibility of most material therein to the general public; the vast extent of the field
covered by Philippine history, and the necessary limitations of space imposed upon the selection of material for this
work; the closing of foreign archives to all investigators after an early date in the nineteenth century; and the greater
difficulty, in that later period, of securing a proper historical perspective. But so many and urgent requests have
come to us, from subscribers and reviewers, for such extension of this series as shall cover the entire period of
Spanish domination, that we have decided to modify the former plan in the manner here briefly indicated.

It is our purpose not to exceed the number of volumes already announced, fifty-five. We are able to do this because
in our original plan, to avoid a subsequent increase in the number of volumes, a certain amount of space was
purposely left for possible future changes as a result of later investigations to be made in foreign archives, or on
account of the necessary excision of extraneous or irrelevant matter from the printed works which are to be
presented in this series. The new title will be "The Philippine Islands: 14931898." The early and especially important
history of the islands will be covered as fully as before. For the history of the nineteenth century, we will present
various important decrees, reports, and other official documents; and provide a clear, careful, and impartial synopsis
of some of the best historical matter extant, down to the close of the Spanish rgime. Throughout the series will be
used, as has been done from the beginning, all the best material available historical, descriptive, and statistical
for reference and annotation. With the copious and carefully-prepared bibliography of Philippine historical literature,
and the full analytical index, which will close the series; the broad and representative character of the material
selected throughout; and the impartial and non-sectarian attitude maintained, the Editors trust that this change will
still further enable scholars, historical writers, and general readers alike to study, with reliable and satisfactory
material, the history of the Philippine Islands from their first discovery by Europeans to the close of the Spanish Facsimile of title page from Volume 43

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