Decolonization of the Philippines

The Spanish Arrive in the Philippines In 1521, Portuguese-born Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines. The land...

Ferdinand Magellan In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer on an expedition for Spain, arrived in Cebu, one of many small...

As a result of U.S. intervention in a conflict between Spain and Cuba, the Americans and the Spanish began a war in 1898 which would span ...

Despite the Philippines’ long history as victim to imperialism, the Filipino people have shown through multiple rebellions their ability to...

Huk Rebellion:              During World War Two, a organization originated which consisted of various communist political groups. They w...

             The main objective of World War Two in the Philippines was to grant the Philippines independence and to free them from the Jap...

Contrary to methods used elsewhere in decolonization, the liberation of the Philippines came as a series of gradual reforms granted by the...