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As part their global colonising activities. The far east was simply just one of many regions of the globe Europeans were attempting to colonise. As early as 1512 Europeans became aware of the Philippines and it's potential as a trading location. However before the Europeans came, the Philippines was not a nation rather it was a collection of mini kingdoms. The Philippines was only unified under the Spanish colonial regime.

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