Spain never set out to colonize the Philippines. It was hunting for spices and a shortcut to the Moluccas. Instead it stumbled into 333 years of rule over 7,000 islands, a conquest that would make the
For your fyi Mexico financed the Philippines the Manila galleons where Mexican no ship sailed out from Spain to the Philippines they sailed from Acapulco Mexico to the Philippines not literally Spain at all mostly Spanish born Mexicans which Mexico was called new Spain not Mexico yet
Impt facts that should have been mentioned.....the opening of the Suez Canal enabled the Filipinos to travel easily to Europe and learn western ways....in 1887 the French celebrated their first centennial of their revolution with the slogan.libertie, egalite and fraternity, the young Filipino ilustrados were all there and imbibed the meaning of it all, Rizal was then 26 yrs old , then he wrote his two novels the Noli and Fili inflaming the people to revolt
It's because of the Spanish that Filipinos became the first Asian culture to settle in the Americas. Beyond that the Philippines still retains it's Hispanic culture.
The way you structured the narrative around the tornaviaje (the return voyage) is brilliant. 💢💯💯💯
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