The Spanish in the Philippines
Spanish colonial rule and the Galleon Trade connecting Asia to the Americas.
Key Questions
- 1How did Spain colonise the Philippines?
- 2What was the significance of the Manila Galleon trade?
- 3How did Catholicism change Filipino society?
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