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Simon de Anda
Treaty of Paris were signed and declares the end of War in Europe
July 1763
May 1764
The British finally left the Philippines
June 1764
Spanish government reacquisition of power in the Philippines by Governor General
Anda.
IMPERIAL RECOVERY
• for a mere twenty million dollars, the United States acquired Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the Philippines from Spain
• Aguinaldo, who had led the Filipino guerrillas against Spain, had expected
that upon the defeat of Spain, the United States would ensure independence
for the Philippines. Instead, domination of the Philippines by a foreign power
simply changed hands.
• Aguinaldo led an ill-fated revolt against American rule. When the Philippine-
American war ended in April of 1902, the United States new role as a world
power with interests and responsibilities in Asia and the Pacific was official.
• American imperial interests and actions at this time inexorably tied together
the fates of the Philippines and the United States.
• American takeover of the Philippines, citizens of the two nations have
migrated back and forth continuously. Exposed to American influence and
American values, many Filipinos left their homeland to pursue the “American
Dream” in the United States.
NEGATIVE EFFECT
• Lack of national unity
• Colonial Mentality
POSITIVE EFFECT
• Industrialization
• Nationalism and a passion for reform blossomed
VISION
CNSC as a Premier Higher Education Institution in the Bicol Region.
Fin de siècle
• the end of the 19th century (January 1, 1801, and ended on December 31,
1900)
• a widespread belief that civilization leads to decadence
What we now think of geopolitics had its origins in fin de siècle Europe in response
to technological change and the creation of a "closed political system" as European
imperialist competition extinguished the world's "frontiers
• collapse of the Spanish
•
POSITIVE EFFECTS
• Modernization
• Progressive ideas and customs
• slavery was abolished
• The demand for Philippine sugar and abaca (hemp) grew
• the volume of exports to Europe expanded even further after the completion
of the Suez Canal in 1869.
• growth of commercial agriculture
• massive urbanization
• higher levels of productivity, profit and prosperity