Write your critical analysis/critique of the readings presented related to the Philippine society and culture before and during the Spanish period. ​

I have analayzed. Philippines society was heavily influenced by the Spanish colonization from 1565 to 1898. through those years they introduced Christianity and so the early Filipinos believed in god. Foods was also influenced by the spanish for example Lechon (Spanish dish). It seems that the Spaniards hated the "savage" dishes the Philippines offered to the colonizers, another example of this is the american colonization right after Philippines had a war with the Spanish colonizers. The Americans werw disgusted with the dish adobo and they tried to force people not to cook them anymore. The filipino language is a mix of South-east Asian languages like bahasa Indonesia plus spanish words and accent. The Philippines weren't fully independent until July 4, 1946. After the events of countries trying to colonize The Philippines, the Philippines prospered and became the 2nd richest country in Asia (1900s)Philippines then participated in the basketball olympics and other worldwide committees. Since then, Philippines dropped to a third world country thanks to the overpopulation, corruption and natural disasters. The Philippines is a very interesting and unique country that has Spanish roots and a different culture.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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