Spain-Asia

=__**SPAIN-ASIA: Philippines Nicholas Lee **__=



"On March 17,1521, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese naval captain under the service of Spain. Landed on a small island Homonhon in Samar in the southern Philippines to look for food and water."

In 1565, Spain's first settlement was finally established after a brief conflict with the Filipinos. Miguel López de Legazpi was the first royal Governor of the new Spanish settlement. He then extended the area under Spanish control in 1571. Miguel established Manila as his capitol, which provided food, and trade sources from Manila bay. Manila remained the center of Spanish civil, military, trade, and religion.

"Spain had 3 main objectives in its policy towards the Philippines. 1. it was the only colony in Asia to acquire a spice trade. 2. To develop contacts with China, and Japan for further Christian missionary efforts. 3. To convert the Filipinos to Christianity. This was accomplished with little bloodshed, because most of the population offered little armed resistance."

Religion played a big part in the Spanish conquest to Rule, and to become the most powerfull country in Europe. [|Information courtesy of ASMS.com] [|Inormation courtesy of Google images.com]