Chapter 15

The spread of the slave trade had begun during this time. The slave trade was the only one part of the international spread of networks in the world. The Spanish and the Philippines is an example of just that. Spain and Portugal was competing with one another to spread through the world. The Spanish established a base in the Philippines, named after the King of Spain, King Philip II. The first who went to the Philippines was Ferdinand Magellan. It was easy to take over the Philippines because they didn't have one central government, they had individual governments that made it easy to take over. The Philippines remained under the Spaniards control until 1898, where the United States then gained control. Some of the major effects the Spaniards had on the Philippines was building missionary areas for the Filipino society to focus on the major religion of the Spaniards and the country, which was Christian. Spaniards introduced forced relocation, tribute, taxes, and unpaid labor. They also made large estates for Spanish settlers, religious orders, and for the elite Filipinos. Manila was the major center of diversification.