Filipino American History
Filipino Americans
The 2000 Census reported 2,364,815 Filipinos in the United States. -- The Asian Population: 2000 (Census 2000 Brief), February 2002. Long Beach, CA is 48.9% white and largest Asian/Pacific population is Filipino (4%). In San Diego County, Filipino Americans are the largest Asian Pacific Islander group. Filipino Americans have been a quiet voice in promoting contributions to American society. I am Filipino American, born in the Philippines and want to be able to tell that “Our history is no mystery.” This is how Filipinos had migrated to the U.S and I want to share our stories and when our story began. The first Filipino Americans history began on October 17, 1587. Filipinos were the first Asians to cross the Pacific Ocean …show more content…
Between these waves of immigration, it is through the “colonization of our native land”, the Philippines that brought us here. For over 300 years, the Spain had colonized the Philippines using Manila Bay as their great seaport, trading silvers, and rich spices with the other countries surrounding Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. In exchange for gold, the Spaniards gave us Christianity. We were called Filipinos after King Philip II of Spain, Borah E. (2004).
Our Spanish connection came to an end after the Spanish-American War in 1898 when America wanted to control the Philippines. Unknown to Filipinos, through the Treaty of Paris (April 11, 1899), Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million, thus ending over 300 years of Spanish colonization.
We celebrate our independence from Spain in July 12, 1898, and elected our new president Emilio Aguinaldo. However Philippines was not truly free, Americans took over and the new ruler, believing the Filipinos we were free. The Filipino American War begun shortly after the U.S colonization. Known in the U.S history book as the “Philippine Insurrection”, it was a bloody precursor with Vietnam. The War lasted from 1898 to 1902, and in those 3 years as many as 70,000 Americans died and close to 2 million Filipinos were killed. American …show more content…
It consisted mainly of professionals: doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, as well as the military, Filipinos who continued to join the navy off Sangeley Point in Cavite City, Philippines. From the first to the fourth wave of Filipino Immigration, evidently Filipinos had been in America in quite some time. Some are pure Filipinos and some are half Filipinos but deep inside they are still part Filipino Americans. Each of us still reflects the Asian culture even we here in the U.S, we are proud of the heritage we came from and share our stories to generation to next generation. Borah E.
The 2000 Census reported 2,364,815 Filipinos in the United States. -- The Asian Population: 2000 (Census 2000 Brief), February 2002. Long Beach, CA is 48.9% white and largest Asian/Pacific population is Filipino (4%). In San Diego County, Filipino Americans are the largest Asian Pacific Islander group. Filipino Americans have been a quiet voice in promoting contributions to American society. I am Filipino American, born in the Philippines and want to be able to tell that “Our history is no mystery.” This is how Filipinos had migrated to the U.S and I want to share our stories and when our story began. The first Filipino Americans history began on October 17, 1587. Filipinos were the first Asians to cross the Pacific Ocean …show more content…
Between these waves of immigration, it is through the “colonization of our native land”, the Philippines that brought us here. For over 300 years, the Spain had colonized the Philippines using Manila Bay as their great seaport, trading silvers, and rich spices with the other countries surrounding Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. In exchange for gold, the Spaniards gave us Christianity. We were called Filipinos after King Philip II of Spain, Borah E. (2004).
Our Spanish connection came to an end after the Spanish-American War in 1898 when America wanted to control the Philippines. Unknown to Filipinos, through the Treaty of Paris (April 11, 1899), Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million, thus ending over 300 years of Spanish colonization.
We celebrate our independence from Spain in July 12, 1898, and elected our new president Emilio Aguinaldo. However Philippines was not truly free, Americans took over and the new ruler, believing the Filipinos we were free. The Filipino American War begun shortly after the U.S colonization. Known in the U.S history book as the “Philippine Insurrection”, it was a bloody precursor with Vietnam. The War lasted from 1898 to 1902, and in those 3 years as many as 70,000 Americans died and close to 2 million Filipinos were killed. American …show more content…
It consisted mainly of professionals: doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, as well as the military, Filipinos who continued to join the navy off Sangeley Point in Cavite City, Philippines. From the first to the fourth wave of Filipino Immigration, evidently Filipinos had been in America in quite some time. Some are pure Filipinos and some are half Filipinos but deep inside they are still part Filipino Americans. Each of us still reflects the Asian culture even we here in the U.S, we are proud of the heritage we came from and share our stories to generation to next generation. Borah E.