We might be closer to India than to our other neighbors. Ultimately, this is an exercise of seeing how nations develop—how socio-political systems rise and fall due to events in history. The premise would hinge on the news of Manila falling to British hands reaching Europe in time. Find out more The British had unquestioned control of India, and with it, the full might of the British Raj. And controlling landowners would be the key to a successful British colony. And so on.
The former On 5 October 1762 (4 October local calendar), the night before the fall of the During the siege, the Spanish lost three officers, two sergeants, 50 Once Manila fell to British troops, "the soldiers turned to pillage." "The British expedition was further rewarded after the capture of the treasure ship On 8 October 1762, Anda wrote to Rojo informing him that he had assumed the position of Governor and Capitan-General under the statutes of the The surrender agreement between Archbishop Rojo and the British military guaranteed the On 26 November, Captain Backhouse dispersed Anda's troops from Cornish and the East Indies Squadron departed in early 1763, leaving two frigates behind, The Seven Years' War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 10 February 1763. Colonization of the Philippines. He listens to Vampire Weekend when he's down and Car Seat Headrest when he's not.
Forty-four years after Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines and died in the Battle of Mactanduring his Spanish expedition to circumnavigate the globe, the Spaniards successfully annexed and colonized the islands during the reig…
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898, also known as the Spanish Philippines or the Spanish colonial period, was the period during which the Philippines were part of the Spanish Empire as the Spanish East Indies within the Captaincy General of the Philippines. So what would a British Philippines look like? It’s honestly hard to say. The treaty stipulated that any territorial changes unknown at the time of signing would not be considered.
But across the sea in Asia, it was the British who ruled the waves. It happened during the Seven Years’ War, which saw pretty much every nation in Europe fight each other over something that seemed small in comparison (most wars begin like this when you think about it). During the early part of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines the Spanish Augustinian Friar, Gaspar de San Agustín, O.S.A., describes Iloilo and Panay as one of the most populated islands in the archipelago and the most fertile of all the islands of the Philippines. The Spanish defeat was not really surprising. The occupation was an extension of the larger Seven Years' War between Britain and France, but which came to involve Spain.
Looking back at the Seven Years’ War, we could’ve been a British colony instead of a Spanish one. Posted on March 1, 2017 March 1, 2017 by Jacob Cullum. Before we do that though, let’s take a look at what actually happened. Politically, the situation outside Manila would consist of the British allying themselves with local landowners and anti-Spanish rebels to exert greater influence. In the end, like most good wars, the Seven Years’ War ended with But what if things didn’t pan out like that? Though the British had a penchant for retaining pre-existing power structures and cultures, economically, it dominated its colonies and controlled the conduits of those power structures.
News of Manila’s surrender did not reach the treaty signers in time, and so no real changes were made.
Filipinos would gain greater representation in local politics and local Filipino customs would be allowed to flourish, but at the end of the day, it’s British products being tilled on British soil. So, let’s go back to our original question. In 1762, British forces under William Draper attacked and captured Manila after a siege. That and Rojo’s capitulation guaranteeing the safety of the Church meant that a great deal of already established Spanish customs and traditions would be maintained in British Manila.
The British had a penchant for working within existing institutions, unlike the Spanish who opted to replace them with its own. It almost tried it too; Diego Silang in Ilocos and Sultan Allimuddin I of Sulu were two local leaders contacted by the British for support. As well, in 1762, the colony technically didn’t have a Governor-General—the last one, Pedro Manuel de Arandia died in 1759 and his replacement hadn’t arrived yet. There’s no doubt that tensions would rise between them and the Anglican British.
Spain was more than a match for Britain and its allies in Europe. Here’s a fun fact you can share at your next dinner party: For almost two years, from October 1762 to April 1764, the Philippines was part of the British Empire. He usually writes about Philippine history and politics, and believes that you cannot change the world without understanding it first. The Philippines has a long history of being colonized and ruled by foreign countries such as Spain, The United States of America, and Japan. Outside Manila would be another interesting situation. What if the Philippines was British? It was the first “world” war, in that it was fought on almost all sides of the world—at least, the ones Europeans cared about.