the spanish arrived in the philippines in 1521.
the spanish arrived in the philippines in 1521.
when did the spanish arrived in the philippines?
1521
in 1570, martín de goiti, having been dispatched by legazpi to luzon, conquered the kingdom of maynila (now manila), a puppet-state of the sultanate of brunei. legazpi then made maynila the capital of the philippines and simplified its spelling to manila. his expedition also renamed luzon "nueva castilla". legazpi became the country's first governor-general. in 1573, japan expanded its trade in northern luzon. in 1580, the japanese lord tay fusa established the independent wokou tay fusa state in non-colonial cagayan. when the spanish arrived in the area, they subjugated the new kingdom, resulting in 1582 cagayan battles. with time, cebu's importance fell as power shifted north to luzon. the archipelago was spain's outpost in the orient and manila became the capital of the entire spanish east indies. the colony was administered through the viceroyalty of new spain (now mexico) until 1821 when mexico achieved independence from spain. after 1821, the colony was governed directly from spain.
history of the philippines (1521–1898)
when the spanish arrived in the 16th century, the region was dominated by the totonacs, who were then in turn dominated by the aztec empire. because of this, the totonacs allied with the spanish against the aztecs to conquer tenochtitlán . however, war, disease and forced labor brought the totonac population down drastically. the totonac population in cempoala is estimated to have been about 80,000 when the spanish arrived in 1519 but with only eighty left in 1550. the spanish also took their lands for cattle raising until the ethnicity occupied only about half of what it used to. in many areas, the totonac population was replaced by spanish, mestizo and african peoples. until the 17th century, the spanish mostly respected totonac leadership as their help against the aztec made them non-threatening militarily. evangelization was likewise slow, with only sixteen parishes in all of totonacapan by 1750.
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