A brief look at life on the largest continent

Fight for respect and rights

 Ferdinand Magellan  1521  Marked the beginning of Spanish interest in the archipelago

 Spanish continued to dominate the Philippines islands through the 19 th Century  Established Christianity  Put Filipinos to work on large plantations  Sugar  Rice  Coconut

 Spanish American War!  1898  Liberate Philippines!

 Throughout the time the Americans controlled the Philippines, until today, Filipinos have been forced to work on plantations

 During WWII, the Philippines are taken by Japan

 After World War II, the Filipino people gain independence for the first time since before the Spanish!!!

 Filipino elite continue to oppress workers on the plantations…  Child laborers…

 Worker protests  Starting in 2006, workers from plantations and distribution plants began to strike for worker’s rights  Strikers were met with a little resistance…

 Jesus Burth Servida  Strike leader

 Education!!!  Filipino parents will sell themselves into slavery in order to pay for their children’s educations  Children then leave home because there is not enough jobs that require education in the Philippines  But at least they don’t experience what their parents have to live…

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 A historically nomadic people, Tibet has been embroiled in interaction and conquest with its Eastern neighbor China…  1913 Tibet gained independence from the British, and the Dalai Lama was restored to power in Tibet

 Led by the Dalai Lama, Tibetan culture revolves around its main religion, Tibetan Buddhism

 1950  Mao Zedong, new leader of Communist China, sent an army to country of Tibet and quickly defeated the military of Tibet.

 Along with Communist principle, after taking Tibet, Communist officials destroyed Buddhist temples  80% of political prisoners  6,000 monasteries

 After the Chinese government took control of the temples and gave the land to the peasants (not a bad concept ), the monks attempted to fight back against Chinese forces…  Guerilla tactics  Not so much a good thing….  86,000 dead

 Dalai Lama in exile, but world support has risen for the freeing of Tibet.  Free Tibet! Free Tibet!

Gandhi leads the way!!!

 Around 2500 BC, the Indus River Civilization thrived and served as one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world…  It “declined” around 1500BC…  Maybe from….

 Around 1619, the first British ships began coming to India, and quickly set up their first trading posts at:  Madras  Bombay  Calcutta

 From these trading posts, the British expanded their control…  By the 1850’s the British controlled most of present day India, Pakistan, and Bangaladesh

Boo British! !

 1957  Indian forces working for the East India Company attempted a revolt against the British…

 After the revolt, the British government took complete control of India  Towards the late 1800s the Indians tried an interesting idea…

 "When a European or native regiment passes through, all the ryots are pressed to bring in provisions, etc., for nothing, and should any of 'them ask for the price of the articles, they are severely tortured."

 "In matters under the immediate cognizance or direction of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Brereton himself, the houses of wealthy citizens had been ceaselessly searched; that property seized on such occasions was detained for lengthened periods; that many parties were thrown into prison, and lay there for weeks, without charges exhibited against them; and that the laws relating to security for bad character had been applied with sweeping and indiscriminating severity."

 To help advise the British viceroy (leader) in India, the Indian people created a group of advisors (councilors) to help rule the country.  The seed for independence has started!!!!

 1920s…  A new leader fresh out of Oxford Law School comes back to India to help out the situation…

 Coming from an affluent Indian family, Gandhi traveled to England to study law from Oxford Law  Non-violent resistance  Hunger strikes  Marches  Strikes  boycotts

 Imprisoned 4 times in his life  1922, 1930, 1933 and in 1942  Hunger strikes  Created worldwide notoriety, and forced the British to release him based solely out of fear he would die in prison.

 In 1957, the British finally acquiesce to Indian wishes and leave India