History of the Filipino People

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This paper provides a historical overview of the fight for Independence, recognition and the birth of nationalism amongst the Filipino people. It examines the series of wars, revolutions and rebellions spanning the 1500's to 1800's. The paper also looks at significant leaders in their history both religious and statesmen and finally ends with the current state of Filipino nationalism.

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"The history of the Filipino people spans centuries of constant struggle and resistance against oppression, earlier by foreign colonizers, and later by a dictator and a plunderer. Having been subjected and reduced to vassalage for three centuries by Spain, then by world powers Japan and the United States for half a century, the Filipino's sense of identity or national consciousness took time, countless lives and much suffering to develop."

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