There are three nations who colonized the Philippines which are: Spain (1565-1896), The United States of America (1898-1942, 1944-1946) and Japan (1942-1944)
An area owned by another country is called a territory or colony. It is governed and administered by the owning country, often maintaining political and economic ties to the colonizing nation.
Philippines is country...no country owns them
The Philippines are an island nation that has been owned by many countries. They were important to the Spanish because of their strategic location.
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conversion of old religion of Filipinos to catholicism;colonized the Philippines and subjugate the Filipinos
The Philippines is a nation.
The United States colonized the Philippines for military and commercial reasons to gain a global advantage in that region.
Imperialism
Aruba is not a colonizing country. Specifically, Aruba never has been a colonial power. It never has been a colonizing nation. Instead, it was a longtime colony of the European Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which it is now a constituent but autonomous country.
To continue colonizing the land.
Developing
Portugal. Which is why Portugese is spoken in Brazil today.