»Annual visits of "Manila Galleon" to Mexico maintains European contact

»Filipinos driven to high mountains

»Intricate stone terracing techniques developed for flatland farming on slopes

»Limited success in protection from Spanish land-owning aristocracy

Early 1800's Spain loses Central and South American colonies

Spanish economy development attempts unsuccessful

»Warlike Moros (Muslims) in southern islands gives difficulty

Slow education and spread of European ideology

Small group of educated Filipinos demand independence

»Jose Raul, brilliant leader- executed by Spanish in 1896 during open Filipino anti-Spain revolt

1898 Some Filipino leaders ineffectively proclaim unofficial Republic

»adopted European-style constitution

»Spanish surrender to US. US interest is out of fear that another power ie. Germany will seize th

»400,000 acres purchased from Catholic monasteries and given to the people

Sure, they brought us kitchen conveniences like the refrigerator, the pressure cooker, the oven toaster and the microwave. They also gave us burgers, salads, and pies which we baked with native fruits. But though we absorbed so much of their culture in their 50-year colonization, American cooking is only now becoming part of Philippine cuisine. Through their fastfood joints, we indirectly tasted spaghetti and pizza. But somehow we wanted these to taste sweet, not sour as the Italians intended them to be.

Chinese influences on Filipino life were mainly economic. However, at the same time, cultural influences were inevitable. Many words in the Philippine language have Chinese origins. The Chinese also taught the ancient Filipinos the use of gongs, umbrellas, lead, and porcelain, as well as the manufacture of gun powder, and metallurgy and mining methods. Filipinos also adopted customs from the Chinese.

»Economic focus on American capitalism and enterprise is not helpful to the Filipinos

From the Chinese we have the whole noodle business: pancit miki, pancit bihon, pancit Canton, pancit sotanghon. But the Filipinos have completely imbued the dishes with their own flair, and now there is a different kind of pancit for almost every region on the Philippines. Other Chinese-inspired dishes, such as lumpia, kikiam, siopao, and siomai, have been absorbed into the Filipino way of life. They a

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