Filipinos*

=The Filipinos: A Perspective on American History= by Kalino Iha

The Filipinos are an East Asian group. Pre-1492 and now, they live in an island now called The Philippines, which is near Japan and China, and is in the Pacific Ocean. Geographical features that would have limited this group’s ability to move include: the Pacific Ocean, which would have required them to use boats to move. Pre-1492, this group probably interacted with its neighbors, especially the Japanese, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, and the Chinese. Eventually, the Filipinos would shape American history by being a significant immigrant group.
 * Introduction:**

According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2007, there are 3.1 million Filipino-Americans living in the U.S. (1% of the U.S. population).
 * Population in the United States:**

The Filipinos originally followed Animism, which is the belief that every living thing has a spirit within it (every tree, every stream, etc.). Originally, Filipinos also worshipped their ancestors' spirtis. However, in the 1400s, Muslim missionaries from Malaysia and Indonesia traveled to the Philippines and worked to convert Filipinos to Islam. Then in the mid-1500s, the Portuguese and Spanish arrived and worked to convert people to Christianity. The result: Filipinos follow a religion that is a mixture of all three belief systems.
 * Religion (Worldview):**


 * HISTORY:**

In 1492 there was always battles for who trades with china, During that time they encountered the Malaysians, Indonesians, and Muslims.
 * 1492: Columbus’ Arrival in the Americas**

Ferdinand Magellan, from Portugal, landed in the Philippines. In 1565 the Spanish arrived and tried to colonize the Philippines. During the colonization they encountered the Mexicans and the Spanish.
 * 1521: Cortes Encounters the Aztecs in Mexico**

In 1587, Filipino sailors on a Spanish ship landed in California.
 * 1607: English Colonists Arrive at Jamestown**


 * 1687: English Colonies Expand**

In 1776 the trade ports in the Philippines were opened to china. in 1763, Filipino sailors escaped harsh punishment on a Spanish ship and settled in Louisiana. In 1781, Antonio Miranda Rodriguez Poblador, a Filipino, along with 44 other individuals was sent by the Spanish government from Mexico to establish what is now known as the city of Los Angeles.
 * 1776-1787: American Revolution; U.S. Constitution**


 * 1802: Tlingit Battle the Russians at Sitka**


 * 1839: The Amistad; the Trail of Tears**


 * 1850: The fugitive slave law made in U.S

1863:The U.S. Civil War; Emanc. Proclamation

1890: Westward movement; reform** In 1890 the Katipunan sought independence and fought for their very lives in the Philippines. In the 1900s, Filipinos began to migrate to Hawaii and California to be agricultural laborers. From 1899-1902, the Philippines and the U.S. fought each other in the Philippine-American War, which was fought over the fact that the U.S. wanted the Philippines as its own. The U.S. won; the Philippines would be a U.S. territory until after WWII (1946).

The Philippines is now an independent nation with a democratic but sometimes unstable government.
 * 2009: Today**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War
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