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Spanish colonization and the Galleon trade: Multiple Choice
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- 01Who led the expedition that established the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines in 1565?
- 02Which treaty ended formal Spanish colonial rule over the Philippines in 1898?
- 03Which 19th-century Filipino reform movement sought assimilation and representation within the Spanish Empire rather than immediate independence?
- 04Which port city became the primary Pacific terminus of the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade?
- 05Which 18th–19th century rebellion in the Philippines is known as the longest-running revolt against Spanish rule?
- 06Which Spanish official position served as the chief colonial administrator of the Philippines during most of the colonial era?
- 07Between which two ports did the Manila galleons regularly sail?
- 08What royal court or tribunal served as the highest judicial and administrative body in the colony, established early in Spanish rule?
- 09Which European power occupied Manila briefly in 1762 during the Seven Years' War?
- 10In what year did Miguel López de Legazpi found the city that later became the Spanish colonial capital, Manila?
- 11What primary commodity from New Spain (Mexico) was most associated with the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade?