USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Spanish Colonial Period?
A
A period when Portuguese conquer Spanish
B
A period when the Spanish conquer Portuguese
C
A period when the Philippines got conquered by the Spanish
D
A period when the Portuguese conquered Philippines
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish colonial period of the Philippines began when explorer Ferdinand Magellan came to the islands in 1521 and claimed it as a colony for the Spanish Empire. The period lasted until the Philippine Revolution in 1898.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish Colonial period in the Indies extends from 1492 to 1898, when the last colonies-Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines-attained their independence. The Philippines depended on the Spanish Crown from 1521, the date of the first settlement on the Island of Cebu.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish rule brought most of what is now the Philippines into a single unified administration. From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was governed as part of the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain, later administered from Madrid following the Mexican War of Independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spanish conquest eventually wrought fundamental changes in the lives of the native population. The Spaniards introduced new customs and a new religion. They brought over new practices and institutions from their earlier colonial experiences in Latin America.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spain had three objectives in its policy toward the Philippines, its only colony in Asia: to acquire a share in the spice trade, to develop contacts with China and Japan in order to further Christian missionary efforts there, and to convert the Filipinos to Christianity.

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