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Philippine history (by charmy22)

 charmy22 (17)    (30 / F-M / Philippines)
21-Feb-13 7:55 pm
Early Settlers:
- indonesians
- malays
- chinese
- arabs

Then:
- conquered by Spain for 333yrs
* Philippines was named Archipelago of St. Lazarus by Magellan
* changed to Filipinas by Roy Lopez de Villalobos in honor for King Philipp II of Spain

- colonized by Americans
* changed the name Filipinas to Philippine Islands

- then came the Japanese

- back to the hands of Americans

- Independence
* thus, the Philippine Republic


-- and many more, bow. bored. >.<

 

 

 
 
 Aldo420 
21-Feb-13 8:02 pm
Interesting

 

 

 
 
 charmy22 (17)    (30 / F-M / Philippines)
21-Feb-13 8:04 pm
@Aldo420: hihi, there's alot more to tell actually.

 

 

 
 
 Aldo420 
21-Feb-13 8:10 pm
@charmy22: i bet i always like to learn new things

 

 

 
 
 charmy22 (17)    (30 / F-M / Philippines)
21-Feb-13 8:14 pm
@Aldo420: that's nice. i am even learning from some other countries too. like their language, and some facts about them. it's nice learning new things.

 

 

 
 
 LittleRedRooster79 
21-Feb-13 8:15 pm
@charmy22: I wish more posts were like this.

 

 

 
 
 charmy22 (17)    (30 / F-M / Philippines)
21-Feb-13 8:22 pm
@LittleRedRooster79: so you like history too?

 

 

 
 
 LittleRedRooster79 
21-Feb-13 8:30 pm
i love history. Im very passionate about it. And Culture to of course.

 

 

 
 
 Dhinu 
21-Feb-13 8:33 pm
@charmy ah..i love to visit philippines

 

 

 
 
 charmy22 (17)    (30 / F-M / Philippines)
21-Feb-13 8:34 pm
@LittleRedRooster79: same here! it's really nice to learn those things. love that too.

 

 

 
 
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