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The Iberia would also selectively colonize. The Philippine Revolution began in 1896, and became entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War. Spain ceded the territory to the United States, and Filipino revolutionaries declared the First Philippine Republic. The ensuing Philippine–American War ended with the United States controlling the territory until the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II. After the United States retook the Philippines from the Japanese, the Philippines became independent in 1946. The country has had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a decades-long dictatorship in a nonviolent revolution .
The Philippines is an earthquakes and typhoons. The Philippines has a variety of natural resources and a globally-significant level of biodiversity. (Full article... )
Selected article -The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon ( Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, was constructed to honor their actions during World War II. (Full article... )Did you know (auto-generated) -
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