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Why the us wanted to acquire Philippines?
The United States wanted to acquire the Philippines as a strategic foothold in the Pacific region, to have access to lucrative Asian markets, and to showcase American power and influence on a global scale. Additionally, there were concerns about the potential for European powers to establish control over the Philippines if the US did not intervene.
How do you use Philippines in a sentence?
The Philippines is my country. The Philippines is a bastion of democracy in Asia!Philippines is my country. The Philippines is a bastion of democracy in Asia!The Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean.Philipines is located in Asian continent.
Are the Philippines a part of Asia?
Yes, the Philippines is a country located in Southeast Asia. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
Is the Philippines east of Vietnam?
yes
What place does Philippines live?
The Philippines are several islands in the Pacific Ocean. They don't 'live' anywhere.
Who was the first European explorer to discover a strait into the pacific and reach the Philippines?
Magellan
What man found that the pacific lay the other side of America?
Explorer Ferdinand Maggellan in 1521 was the first European to discover and sail the Pacific. The Pacific was however already suspected of being there and shown on a map (the Waldseemüller map) from 1507.
What man found that the pacifically on the other side of America?
Explorer Ferdinand Maggellan in 1521 was the first European to discover and sail the Pacific. The Pacific was however already suspected of being there and shown on a map (the Waldseemüller map) from 1507.
What did Vasco Nunez discover?
He was the first European to see the pacific ocean.
Who was the first person to reach the Pacific Ocean?
It was the European explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Who was the first European explorer to the see the pacific ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Who discover the Nokia Asha 311 phone?
Actually Francis Triexl Kyle de Lara discover it in the Philippines 1 year ago.2012 is when the time He discover this phone in a country near the Pacific Ocean named Philippines. -Marie
Who is credited as being the first European to discover the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean and when?
Balboa in 1513
Was Juan Ponce de Leon the first European explorer to reach the pacific ocean?
no it was Balboa
What man found that the Pacific lay on the other side of America?
Explorer Ferdinand Maggellan in 1521 was the first European to discover and sail the Pacific. The Pacific was however already suspected of being there and shown on a map (the Waldseemüller map) from 1507.
What new land did Ferdinand Magellan discover?
He discovered the Philippines. He also named the Pacific Ocean and he named a strait after himself.
Who were Balboa and Magellan?
Magellan was an explorer born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. He was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world. He named the Pacific Ocean Pacific. Balboa was a Spanish explorer who first sailed the Isthmus of Panama and claimed it for Spain. He was the first to see, not cross, the Pacific Ocean which at that time was called the Ocean Sea.
