Highlights in

Philippine
History

Tabon Caves
In western Palawan Dr. Robert Fox
discovered in 1962, a fossilized skullcap,
22,000 years old.
Tabon bird
Skullcap was that of a woman
Unhealed hole in the skull

Land Bridges
Philippines was believed to be part of the
mainland Asia
People traveled on foot
Walking is the earliest mode of
transportation

Early Set of People who

came to the Philippines
Negritos traveled on foot forebears
of the various tribes today known as
Baluga, Ayta, Agta, Mamanuwa, Batak,
Ati and Ata. They brought with them the
Paleolithic Age.

 Indonesians first to arrive by sea, after

thousands of years, brought with them the
Neolithic Age.
Malays followed with more advanced
culture, introducing the Iron Age.

Barter Trade System

Brought multi-cultural influences. Trading
vessels plying between the South China Sea to
the Persian Gulf, made the islands a
convenient stopping place for:

Chinese
Indians
Arabs
Japanese and
Siamese merchants

Historical Periods

Pre Spanish Period

Spanish Period
American Regime
Japanese Occupation
Post War Period
First Philippine Republic

Spanish Period ( 15211898)

March 16, 1521 Fernao Megalhaes Y
Souza, (Ferdinand Magellan), a
Portuguese working under Spain,
REDISCOVERED the Philippines
Landed in the uninhabited island of
Homonhon
Proceeded to Limasawa, met with the
ruler Rajah Kolambu

 Celebrated the first mass (Fr. Pedro de

Valderrama) on March 31, 1521 and planted the
wooden cross atop a hill Magellans cross in
Cebu.
Met with Rajah Humabon and on April 14, 1521,
converted the first ( 800) Christian Filipinos.
All chieftains welcomed Magellan except Lapulapu of Mactan.

 Magellan died in the hands of Lapu-lapus men

on April 27, 1521.
Several expeditions were sent by Spain Cabot,
Saavedra, Loaisa, Villalobos and Legaspi.
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi (grandfather of Juan
de Salcedo) was the first Spanish Governor
Gen. of the Philippines and the founder of the
city of Manila on June 24, 1571.

American Regime
(1898 1941)
Mock battle between the Spaniards and
the Americans.
Treaty of Paris Philippines was sold by
Spain to the Americans at 20 million
dollars

Japanese Occupation
( 1942 1945)
World War II
Death March
Corregidor where we had our last fight
with the Japanese, was bombed for 27
days and nights
Fall Of Bataan
Liberation ( 1945-46)

The End
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