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    the leftist tradition of the Philippine historiography. Apart from that, he was also engaged in Foreign Service for he worked for the Philippine Mission to the United States and the

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    Further Than Loyalty Are you loyal to your own land and country, to a point that you will indifferently oppose other land 's and nations ' beliefs, way of life, traditions, and so on. According to Webster (2014), nationalism means showing complete support and faithfulness towards a nation, even though showing nationalism intend to go against other nations. Miscevic (2001) describes the word nationalism in two marvelous ideas. First, it is the way the elements of a country are thoughtful and mindful

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    day’s Olympic medal count. For this year’s Olympic Games in London, the Philippines sent out eleven athletes to compete in eight sports, making it the smallest Philippine delegation at the Summer Games since 1936. Out of those eleven, only two made it past their events’ preliminary rounds: boxer Mark Barriga and BMX cyclist Daniel Caluag. Neither of them advanced any further. For the fourth straight Olympiad, the Philippines failed to get a medal of any sort. It’s a sorry sight; and it seems as

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    intellectual achievement regarded collectively (Mangahas). Culture is very important to each country in this world. It is crucial to the makeup of a country and the diversity each country has. Today in the Philippines, the Hispanic influence is seen everywhere you go. In the past, the Philippines governed by both Mexico and Spain. Influences you will see are the language, food, and dance. Influences from the US are the use of English language and the modern pop cultural. Religion is an important part

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    Philippine-American War In the past centuries, colonialism has been a country’s way of gaining great amounts of wealth and cheap labor. The idea of colonialism has been heavily controversial, in terms of today’s standards. In the United States of America, Americans were also against this idea, since they also have been under the harsh rule of the British empire. However, after the Spanish-American war ended in 1898 through the Treaty of Paris, the US government decided to own the colonies that have

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    The History of Philippine Financial System Financial System is like the heart of the human beings, if it stops working then the person is dead in the same way that if the financial system stops working, then the economy would collapse. It is inherent in every society the law of supply and demand. There will always be those who have surplus resources and others will have deficit. Financial System is crucial to the allocation of these resources. In the Philippines settings, Financial System is

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    war let the United States win the territories of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Panama Canal Zone which was held in 1903 making them gave new influences. Philippines thought they were going to get their freedom like Cuba did. That’s when they started to protest against it. After that the Spanish war began and Philippines decided to fight with America. Like about 4,300 American died and 5,700 Philippines dies that day. Their main mission was to spread the peace, freedom, and democracy

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    able to reach China easily. In 1897, President Mckinley decided to annex these islands, which led to Hawaii becoming a colony of the United States in 1898. The U.S. also sought out for Cuba and many Americans hoped that it could be a new slave territory.

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    Philippines Imperialism

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    officially imperializing the Philippines. The Treaty of Paris allowed the Philippines, and other countries, to be for sale. This allowed the United States to acquire the region and try to begin an empire. However, some United States citizens opposed the idea of Imperialism because they didn’t like the idea when it was done to them by the British. Yo. The Filipinos, also, felt very unhappy about being apart of another Imperialist reign. The United States felt that the Philippines could not take care of

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    The colonial systems seen in both Korea and the Philippines in the early 20th century share similarities that are typical of colonial states. However, the differences in how Japan and the United States, respectively, ruled over them are stark. Government, religion, education, and nationalism all played important roles in both systems, but how those roles affected the nation as a whole differ in comparison. In this essay I will compare the two systems of colonization and examine the similarities and

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