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The American forces defeated the Spanish in the Philippines. The American Forces were commanded by one Commodore George Dewey.
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How did Spaniards affect Filipino culture?
Beginning with Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in the Philippines, in the 1500s, Spanish governors, colonists, and merchants imparted their culture, including their Catholicism, to many Filipinos. The Philippines remained a Spanish colony until 1898 when the U.S. defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War.
How did the Philippines become the Philippines?
it was named after the king of Spain King Philip II. that is why we came up with the name Philippines The islands that now composed the modern day Philippines was named after the Spanish king Felipe by the Spanish explorer Roy Lopez de Villalobos. The Spaniards called the archepelago Las Islas Felipinas. When the Americans defeated the Spaniards during the US-Spanish war the Americans renamed the islands Philippines and called it Philippine Islands.
Did the Spanish Armada defeated England?
No. The English, with a lot of help from the weather, defeated the Spanish.
What was the Spanish fleet defeated by the English?
It was Elizabeth I's Royal British Navy that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588!
Spanish conquistadors defeated the blank tribe in Mexico?
Spanish conquistadors defeated the Aztec "tribe" in Mexico, in 1521.
What ended the Spanish rule in the Philippines?
Spanish rule ended in the Philippines in 1898 when the United States defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War.
What naval leader defeated the spanish fleet in the Philippines?
George Dewey
Why were the Philippines annexed?
the united stated defeated Spain in the Spanish-American war
Who defeated the Spanish outside Manila Bay in the Philippines?
A US Naval squadron commanded by Admiral George Dewey defeated the Spanish outside Manila Bay.
US Commodore during the Spanish-American War who defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay the chief harbor in the Philippines?
George Dewey.
Who did the us defeat to gain control of the Philippines?
The U.S defeated Spain the the 1898 Spanish-Ameircan War to obtain ownership and control of the Philippines. The US then defeated Filipinos in the Philippine-American War (called Philipppine Insurrection in the US) in the early 1900's to gaincomplete control of the Philippines.
Why was the Philippines sold to the US?
Spain sold the Philippines to the US because Spain had been defeated by the US in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and one of the provisions the US required in the Peace Treaty was the sale of the Philippines
Where was the war in which Commodore Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet?
Admiral Detyew defreted the Spanish fleet a the beginning of the Spanish-American War. That war was fought in 1898 in many places around the world, most notably in the Philippines and in Cuba. Dewey ddefreated and destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Manilla Bay, in the Philippines.
How did Spaniards affect Filipino culture?
Beginning with Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in the Philippines, in the 1500s, Spanish governors, colonists, and merchants imparted their culture, including their Catholicism, to many Filipinos. The Philippines remained a Spanish colony until 1898 when the U.S. defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War.
What is the Spanish Philippines?
It was the Philippines as a Spanish Colony.
How did the Philippines become the Philippines?
it was named after the king of Spain King Philip II. that is why we came up with the name Philippines The islands that now composed the modern day Philippines was named after the Spanish king Felipe by the Spanish explorer Roy Lopez de Villalobos. The Spaniards called the archepelago Las Islas Felipinas. When the Americans defeated the Spaniards during the US-Spanish war the Americans renamed the islands Philippines and called it Philippine Islands.
Why did president William McKinley decided to turn the Philippines into an American colony?
The Philippines were a Spanish colony until the Spanish-American war. During the war Spain was defeated and the Spanish government in the Philippines fell to an insurrection. There was civil strife so the US sent in troops to restore order and set up a stable government. No doubt, the US also had an interest in a naval base and a friendly port for Pacific trade.
