Country Period Purpose of Invading Contributions

Spain 1565-1898 It was an expedition They introduced

order from King Christianity. Numbers
Phillip stating the and Money. Last
purpose to discover names. Food, like our
the islands of the famous Adobo. The
west. In reality its Spanish brought with
task was to conquer them their own
the Philippines for cuisine and many of
Spain. these foods were
adopted into the
Filipino diet
USA 1898-1946 Americans who The US fought with
advocated us when the
annexation evinced a Japanese conquered
variety of our land. They help
motivations, desire us to gain freedom.
for commercial nited States
opportunities in Asia, improved the
concern that the economy and system
Filipinos were of government,
incapable of self-rule, where the Filipinos
and fear that if the had greater political
United States did not participation and
take control of the more economic
islands, another gains. The American
power (such as rule caused great
Germany or Japan) marks of “colonial
might do so. mentality” and the
materialistic and
individualistic ways
among many
Filipinos. Education
and the School
System America’s
greatest achievement
in the Philippine was
the introduction of
the public school
system.
Improvement in
Trade and Industry.
Public Health and
Welfare. In industry,
 Transportation and
Communication.
Democracy and Civil
Liberties. Political
parties. Language
and Literature
Japan 1942-1945 The Japanese From what I’ve
planned to occupy heard, this wasn’t a
the Philippines as particularly happy
part of their plan for time. But Japan left
a Greater East Asia no permanent mark
War in which their on the Filipino way of
Southern life. Once the
Expeditionary Army Japanese left, the
Group seized sources Filipinos reverted
of raw materials in back to life pretty
Malaya and the much the way it was
Netherlands East before they had even
Indies while the come. It would be
Combined Fleet years later before the
neutralized the Japanese would start
United States Pacific to influence Filipino
Fleet. culture. Today their
influence in the
Philippines is quite
prevalent. But it
wasn’t so back then.
Today, the most
notable Japanese
influence on Filipino
culture has been in
technology such as
karaoke, videoke,
cameras, etc.