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“ Philippines History Lets You Smile You Know It ““Saga Of The Philippines Written In Blood, Sweat And Tears
Smile like a Filipino? Just read on. The earliest archeological evidence dates Philippines history 67,000 years back. Over time, that history’s many twists, accounts of wars and revolts, and numerous conflicts went on to frame, among others, the Republic of the Philippines, the present Filipino people and the Filipino culture. Understanding Philippines history can help you decide to see live or invest in the Philippines. A little more tract of particulars should help. Here we go… Some Essays On Philippine Chronicle Philippines History Timeline Petroglyphs are images incised on rocks by prehistoric peoples. The Callao man fossils were discovered in Callao Cave by Filipino archaeologist Dr. Armand Salvador Mijares in 2007. Here’s Dr. Mijares and ancient foot find of the Callao Man…
Source: Google images And here’s the Callao Cave with a chapel inside today…
900 AD to 1521 Interregnum – Philippine civilization already existed in 900 AD. The evidence is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription issued by the Dynasty of Tondo in 12 April 900 AD… the oldest Philippine document found to date.
1521-1897, Spanish Colonization – The Spaniards ruled the Philippines with tyranny for 333 years. The Filipinos rose with 32 violent revolts all the way from Luzon and Visayas to Mindanao… but failed. 1898-1946, American Colonization - The Americans defeated the Spaniards in the closing days of the Philippine revolution against Spain in 1896-1898. Then Spain ceded the country to America in the Treaty of Paris in 1898 at a cost of $20 million. Then… The Filipinos staged 11 failed revolts against the Americans. Further… The Japanese briefly ruled the country in World War II… driving the Americans out. The Filipinos resisted in guerilla revolt until the Americans returned to defeat the Japanese. Then… The Americans granted independence to the country in 1946. 1947-Present –The Republic of the Philippines, ever since, operates and exists as a nation state among the family of nations. During this period, 2 Presidents of the country were removed from office. The early Filipinos were pagans… they revered the deities only they could explain. Then… Modern civilization came. Islam was introduced and later was largely supplanted by Christianity from the West. The process was long… Throughout the 9th-18th century, the Filipino identity that can be gleaned today was formed. It is of mixed culture between East and West. The rise resulted from volcano eruptions and violent earthquakes that moved the crust below the sea eons before. It is continuing today. The Americans entered Philippine history in 1898 by defeating the Spaniards and then engaged the Filipinos in another war and defeated the Filipinos too. Eventually the Americans granted commonwealth government status to the Philippines in 1935. Then… The Japanese occupied the country in World War II, establishing a puppet Philippine government. The Japanese were expelled in defeat later. Then… By the Treaty of Manila in 1946, the Americans granted full independence to the Philippines as a nation state. The Philippines then adapted a bicameral government. And time went on… In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law resulting in a new parliamentary form of government. Also, a new parallel name for the country called Pilipinas was institutionalized. In 1986, President Marcos was ousted in a bloodless people power revolution resulting in a return to the bicameral form of government. The Spaniards introduced Christianity, code of law, education, western printing and the Gregorian calendar. They also introduced maize, pineapple and chocolate from Latin America. But… Their rule was ugly and oppressive lasting 333 years. The Filipinos threw 32 major revolts… the first in 1571, the last in 1896 of the Katipunan days. In September 1762, the British came and defeated the Spaniards. The British returned the country to Spanish rule in April 1764 with a more elaborate delineation of the Philippines Map. Then… Spanish authorities continued their tyranny… the Filipino revolts persisted. Finally… In 1898, the Spaniards were driven out after a combination of Filipino revolts and American help. Spain and America concluded their war in Philippine soil in the 1898 Treaty of Paris where Spain ceded the country to America at a cost of $20 million… with the understanding for America to eventually grant Philippine independence. The Filipinos resented the Treaty because America would not commit on paper to grant independence. So the Filipinos declared war against America in 1899 but were defeated. The Americans established military rule in-country, but they slowly built the road to Philippine independence. But… The Japanese occupied the country in 1941-45. They were beaten though in 1945. Then… America granted independence to the Philippines in an elegant, historic rite at the Rizal Park in 1946. They brought the kind of education and republican form of government the Philippines has today. Their influence continues to this day. There was polity, there was a government, and there was a military component. The weaponry is understandably of spears, bolos and bow-and-arrow. How warriors in those times attack and defend? Well, Lapu-Lapu exemplified it in the 1521… bolos and spears versus guns and cannons. Then… Deep into the 1700s, Filipinos started to learn from the Filipino troops of the Spaniards how to use guns. From there onwards, and learning more from more sources, the Filipino warrior knew the power of guns and cannons until today. In closing… You have just come across a modest tract of historical particulars about the Philippines bygone epochs. I can only muse that… Understanding Philippines history can meet your simple-to-elegant travel measures. That saga of the country’s past is written in blood, sweat and tears to sculpt the nation... the Philippines. Grasping the chronicle of Philippine memoir can help you decide to see, live or invest in the Philippines.
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