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THE POSSIBILITY

16TH CENTURY

THE END OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN THE PHILIPPINES?

The Philippines were a Spanish colony from 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan first madePhilippines as a possible base from which to stage the attack. Had China retaliated, or some form of war had broken out, would the Philippines have remained under Spanish control for much longer?

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