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Commodore
Matthew C. Perry
re-opened Japan
to the
world ending
Japan's 214-
year isolation
•Emperor Mei ji
(Mutsuhito)
modernized
Japan by freely
accepting
Western
influences,
including
imP-erialism.
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Spain as . .-.
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of the World'' ,,
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 Filipinos were
unfortunate victims
of the evils of the
unjust, bigoted and
deteriorating l
colonial power.
Instability of colonial
administration
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Corrupt Officialdom
 No Philippine
representation in the
S anish Cortes

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Human Rights Denied to
Fi l iP-in9s
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No Equality Before the Law
Maladministration of
Justice
 RacialDiscrimination

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 Frailocracy
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 Forced Labor or
1/'olo Y Servicios,,
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Haciendas Owned
by the Friars
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Guardia
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