The adoption of the Regalian doctrine during the Spanish colonial period marks a pivotal and damaging event in the history of land use in the Philippines. The doctrine, which declared that all land in ...

Troops on the march, Spanish ... of the Philippines never wavered. "The archipelago affords an ideal strategic position," said MacArthur in testimony to the Senate during an investigation into ...

Spain introduced Christianity to the Philippines in 1565 with the arrival of Miguel ... These pueblos had both civil and ecclesiastical authority; the dominant power during the Spanish period was in ...

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.