History of the Philippines Essay

other countries. Example of this would be the Jeepney in the Philippines. Jeepneys are one of the main mode of transportation in the Philippines. The Jeepney originated from the left over Jeeps that the Americans brought over to the Philippines during the Second World War. Now, the Philippines cannot function without Jeepney because that is one of the main form of transportation for people to get around all over the country. Philippines did not have to go through the trouble of inventing their…

According to Emmanuel de Guzman, a consultant from the Philippines for the Asian Disaster Reduction Center, officials dealt with six major concerns following the eruption: resettlement, livelihood, social services, infrastructure, land use and environment management, and science and technology. These six concerns required both immediate and long-term response (de Guzman 11). In 1997, as part of dealing with new technologies to combat threat of a future lahars and flash floods, the Department of…

The late Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo a renowned Cultural Historian said in our first day of our class in Social History of the Philippines, “anything that is social is also cultural”. He explained further that in order to study the social history of the people you have to find out its re-groupments and thus falling under the study of culture. I agree on what he said because culture explains the patterns of the organization of a particular society by determining the behaviour, movements and…

by Congress. The Spanish–American War began in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, Revolts against Spanish rule had been occurring for some years in Cuba. There had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in…

by Azucena Grajo Uranza, embodies the Filipino’s way of living and how they cope with the events happening around them in the Philippines during the Japanese era. As history suggests, the Philippines was colonised by the Spanish, then the Americans, and lastly, the Japanese. Numerous events happened in that span of roughly 400 years, and like other events, the rest is history. Historically speaking, the Women of Tammuz tackles on the perspective of Japanese settlement after World War II in the…

By: Matthew Olavydez Submitted to: Mr. Lance Sayurin ID Number: 11553132 OVERVIEW In the Philippines, especially the poor rural areas, ages from 10-19 years old is said to have experienced premarital sex and that merits those teens to become a teenage parents. Teenage is pregnancy is an important issue for several reasons. It is one of the most common problems not only in the Philippines but also in other parts of the world. Most of these teens are under supervised with their parents…

political views remained even after he stopped writing for the Soli. In addtition, Guerrero had an outlook on what might have transpired if the policy of the ilustrados had succeeded. It was revealed that Rizal sought to be representative for the Philippines in the Spanish parliament. As reported by Governor Carnicero while Rizal was in…

the contenders for land owned in various locations in the world such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The events held never took place in the U.S., but the opposing countries. In his speech “The paralyzing Influence of Imperialism”, William Jennings Bryan contends the thought of America becoming an imperial power, and whether or not the United States should permanently hold the Philippine Islands. Theodore Roosevelt in his speech “The Strenuous Life” argues that the people of the…

What I learned in American history is three things is WW1 the New deal Spanish American War I’m talking about what happen in that time and the effect that it has today. The first topic is the Spanish American War that when we want more power people fought for land at that and we want the resources and money but that made a huge war. The effect is that we got the Philippines, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico. The Philippines that almost starts a war because they wanted to be there own so there…

Spain, the US had sent troops to occupy the Philippines, because the US wanted the island. The United States showed themselves a greater power over the Spanish and the United states demolished a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and ended the battle with the Spanish. The Filipino revels wanted to create their own nation and welcomed the US, until they realized that they were not leaving any day soon so they attacked the US. The US took command of the Philippine colony and invested on the sugar…