Why did the Philippines keep its Spanish name? (Short Animated Documentary)

When countries win their independence, many choose a new name, different from the one their coloniser gave them. Yet the Philippines, despite winnings it independence twice (sort of), kept the name given to it in Spanish in honour of King Philip II. So why didn't they change it? Why did the Philippines keep its Spanish name?
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[@charliemaine9304]

"It was a case of trying to find a name that everybody could agree on, which they couldn't, so the one that equally offended everyone remained" is a very accurate description of my country's name 😂

[@fedeph665]

@𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢𝗦) Do u have some m3nt4l pr0bl3ms? your channel is g4rb4ge and this one is gold.

[@legoworksstudios1]

@@adamraserovaquera that's a bot. Other youtubers have the same bot problem, they'll criticize the channel to play up their own

[@paulrus-keaton439]

Suddenly "Filipino" feels awkward to say out loud. 😐

[@ritikshaw5868]

Funnily enough it's the same reason English has the official status in India and people prefer to use that in official settings and when talking to others.

[@myrmyles]

same with the language, there are hundreds of languages in the Philippines. Tagalog was declared the official (changed to 'Filipino language' whereas it really is still majorly tagalog, with spanish, english, and others) but the others really hated that because they weren't even the majority so, everyone compromised with English. They can't accept one of their own so they accept non of their own.

[@KeppyKep]

"Spoiler alert: Malaysia won" I love that this line would have remained true regardless of which country won

[@Upintheairideas]

HaHa

[@martinfiedler4317]

Oh 💩. Just came back from a time travel, changing successfully the timeline... Now I see, where I was wrong. This time YOU win, History Matters 😤

[@Raymund38TVM]

Won or Lose, it remains history no matter if you're a Malaysian or Philippines, yes Malaysia is a part of the Philippines during Spanish colonization and Malaysia was in controlled by the Philippines during Spanish colonization but Malaysia Choosing to be indipendent and not belongs to the Philippines Island, that what US said to the Philippine leaders choose what nation you're belongs, yes Philippines is appealings but Malaysian won in their indipendency into the court that they're not part of the Philippines so that's it. It remains history, Philippines appeals against Malaysia because of Spanish Claims that Malaysia is belongs to the Philippines since they're in powered of King Philip of Spain and since Philippines became 1 country because of King Philip so you need to use Philippines for the memories of King Philip preserved.

[@Patricia_base]

Spaniards doesn't want the ur malaysia. So they set aside it's land

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

​@@Raymund38TVMThat's a long text to explain something that wasn't the point at all.

[@CruzR1111]

As a Filipina who grew up in Australia the list of potential names particularly “ north australia” was hilarious. Fascinating to know though.

[@odakidakida9193]

it might be possible if it was British who took over the country instead of Americans

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

​​If we are to rename our country; *_Maharlika:_* so much issues, name deeply tied to the marcos family *_Ophir:_* ginoo ko! Conspiracy theory, barbers gossip, bias to the jews... So how about this; *_International name:_* Makronesia (big islands)《Opposite of Micronesia which is part of spanish east indies before》 *_Local Name:_* Angkapulawan (the islands) [Ang+ka-pulaw(malay word for island)-an] -*alt.*_ Bansang Kapulawan. Demonym Int'l: Makronesian Demonyn Local: Tagakapulawan (islanders) No religious bias, no ethnic bias, no historical bias, perfectly describes our geography and way of life...

[@ItsukaShidoandMrAedric]

nah just keep Philippines, why change something thats been working lmao.

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

@@ItsukaShidoandMrAedric that would like saying "My car seems to have these screeching noises but, still runs though so there's no need to tune up"

[@ItsukaShidoandMrAedric]

my man, that analogy sucks. lmao. That and this are two different things. its pretty much obvious am gonna have to get a mechanic to check the car out since its my livelihood. it affects me, as for our country's name? It doesn't affect me other than rankling my nationalism but thats it. Philippines is fine, whether you, someone else, or whatever dont like it.@@tumao_kaliwat_napulo

[@akaneate]

By far my favorite episode yet. Philippines have so much history. Which is sad because it’s been forgotten even people who lived there.

[@coldplayfan7357]

Almost all of its history is related to being conquered by spanish

[@akaneate]

@@coldplayfan7357 no just Spanish although they were the longest, hundreds of years. Chinese and Japanese as well. Filipinos probably are the most diverse and mixed in Asian or the world even.

[@boaoftheboaians]

@@coldplayfan7357 as someone who already has deep knowledge of Philippines history before Magellan happened I sharply disagree with you, and consider it merely a phase (albeit undoubtedly a very influential one) in our history. Sadly tho the reality is that a lot of average Filipinos think like you do.

[@justinnamuco9096]

It happens everywhere.

[@xpusostomos]

And thus we now have a Marcos in power again, and nobody was concerned

[@Dalynx09]

"The one that Equally offended everyone" That's one gorgeous phrase

[@peterg76yt]

Still a popular strategy among politicians for everything.

[@llamingo696]

Pure comedy gold

[@ricardokowalski1579]

The peace only lasted until someone started saying "I am *MORE* offended than YOU" JA JA JA

[@ZOMBIE2LIFE]

Very inclusive

[@andy56duky]

The same tone as you can't be racist if you hate everyone equally

[@michaelseidl3504]

My favourite name on the chart clearly is "The place where Magellan died." Truly poetic stuff.

[@cleanerben9636]

Magellanesia?

[@miguelrodriguezcimino1674]

Magellan: we will rule over all this land and we will call it 'this land' Philipino natives: I think we should call it 'your grave'

[@Pfalz536]

And that sabah part 💀

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

kinda ironic that Magellan wants to prove the world is round and doesn't give a shit on colonization

[@Polish-Phoenician]

how about North Austrialia?

[@junomaranan1101]

Fascinating! Had no idea there was a contest to get name of "Malaysia". Would have been a suitable name since my ancestral country is Malay in origin but...whooop there it is!

[@ajaybangi]

Me too.. if you guys had won, i cant think of a name for my country lol

[@oncezerosed]

@@ajaybangi Had the Philippines been named Malaysia, Malaysia would’ve probably been named Malacca

[@keizelharf5393]

@@oncezerosed or maybe now Malaysia can named United Kingdom of Malaysia and Philippines are Republic of Malaysia.

[@muchwithamouthdogepool255]

Man, more of us Filipinos should know that we did not solely came from Malays. Before everyone else are the descendants of Ainus in Japan who were ancient people from Africa around 30,000 years ago. Austronesians came from Hongkong and Taiwan, they are the ancestors of Malays and Polynesians, then the Chinese, Hindus from India, the Vietnamese, and etc. When the Malays came there are already tribes in the Philippines and they conquered only a third of the country, some of the tribes still exists today. The country were divided into 3 kingdoms. The Philippines became the center of trades in southern part of asia so people from different neighboring nations came. The spanish came and imported the Mabalacat tribe from Mexico. There's the Japanese as well. According to studies, modern Filipinos are from a combination of around a hundred groups of people. That explains the difference in physical features of a filipino to another.

[@RandomUserX99]

Not to mention the Chinese immigrants still in control much of the industry.

[@thetayz72]

You know politics are bound to run smoothly when even a name can't be agreed on from the outset

[@BlackFrostMusic]

Spanish King Felipe 6 is aware…

[@justinnamuco9096]

It's agreed upon, the name is "Philippines". There are some new proposals for the name nowadays, that's why these are almost unheard of. Are proposals bad?

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

If we are to rename our nation; *_Maharlika:_* so much issues, name deeply tied to the marcos family *_Ophir:_* ginoo ko! Conspiracy theory, barbers gossip, bias to the jews... So how about this; *_International name:_* Makronesia (big islands)《Opposite of Micronesia which is part of spanish east indies before》 *_Local Name:_* Angkapulawan (the islands) [Ang+ka-pulaw(malay word for island)-an] -*alt.*_ Bansang Kapulawan. Demonym Int'l: Makronesian Demonyn Local: Tagakapulawan (islanders) No religious bias, no ethnic bias, perfectly describes our geography and way of life...

[@oliverthomas-couch]

The first annual legislative sprint to get a majority in parliament to name your country Malaysia absolutely killed me, that was hilarious

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Saaaame

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Why did the Philippines want to be called Malaysia though?

[@Galerak1]

I loved the "Spoiler alert: Malaysia won" 🤣😂🤣

[@bedohy]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j Because they are ethnically Malay people I guess? They do speak Austronesian languages besides English

[@quadri31]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j I think it's because we Filipinos have mostly Malayan ancestry

[@stewieg9628]

Finally, someone mentioned how Jose Rizal didn't actually want independence from the Spanish but more recognition and respect, I know this is going to trigger a lot of people but this is what he actually wanted

[@gabsanga6703]

Right!

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

I wonder what will Rizal think when he heard that reforms are turned into revolutionary

[@ByaheroPH25]

true sa college at high school tinuturo yan ung iba siguro pla absent 😝

[@swastikazero3325]

Yeap correct because we still don't know how to run a government and voila they killed Bonifacio.

[@stewieg9628]

While we were having a party because we thought we just got our true independence, nations like the French Colonial Empire and the German Empire and of course, the United States are planning to take over.

[@JG-wg2iv]

The sun with the smiley face is such a nice detail, for context, one of the Revolutionary flags used by the Philippine Army featured a sun with a face on it. It's expression is actually unnerving but I find it cool how it's still included in that brief slide at 0:48

[@PlaceHolderMechanic]

It's the kind of sun that stares right into your soul. We still have that flag kept around in various tourist attractions for some reason...

[@alicelenn7579]

Same. I always get creeped out whenever i see that sun with a face. Idk why but it just feels unnerving to me.

[@jonirojonironin5353]

It's a copy of the Argentinian and Uruguayan Sun with a face. It symbolizes a god in Latin America.

[@AlejandrXZD]

It's interesting to know the aftermath of the Spanish Empire, I always find fascinating that period of history when the Iberians went on pieces of wood to the most stravagant and far places around the world. The name of a country always comes with an interesting story. Great video as always amigo

[@rolandomota7771]

they also enslaved many of the people of the land they colonized and used them during the slave trade. Its why many of them as well ended up in the americas, however the african slave trade was much more prominent and economical so it eventually died out.

[@AlejandrXZD]

@@rolandomota7771 oh le slavery, literally everyone did that whats your point uh? We were also enslaving the heck out of ourselves here in the Americas, look at the Inca and their mitimaes.

[@rolandomota7771]

@@AlejandrXZD Around the same time africans were being brought over as slaves, so too were Asians primarily by the Spaniards. It is a much more hush hush event that occured in the continental American history of it's colonization. That is all, no further argument neccesary

[@zonansg4212]

@@MrFareddy lol, nowhere near as shameful as being colonized by muslims or chinese. Having islam or confucianism/buddhism. Now that would be a true disgrace

[@el_Capitan_Dorado]

@@rolandomota7771 that's the black legend and the black legend is false, Spain did non of those things

[@iant2143]

The line “It was a case of trying to find a name that everybody could agree on, which they couldn’t, and so the one that equally offended everyone remained.” came out of nowhere and made me crack up, that’s one of the funniest closing lines for anything I’ve ever heard

[@snowfloofcathug]

Makes me think of the flag referendum of New Zealand

[@TheNinjaDC]

Reminds me why English is still the lingua franca and main media language in India. Hindi isn't a majority language/culture in India, and other minorities wish to keep it that way.

[@brapa1190]

Thing is Filipinos now want to be The people here before the Spanish came, But we aren't those people, our forefathers fought for the name Filipinas, Philippines, they yelled and they died for the name Republica Ng Flipinas then they're gonna change it? It's like Killing the people that fought for Philippines again just to Make the tribes and Moro islands Happy

[@tuberobotto]

Ian T It's human pride that seems to wedge an axe of division between all the tribes and tongues that want to gain hegemony in the islands. Being "equally divided" and equally powerless over the other is an equitable concept. No one rules over their neighboring tribes. It was only thru the American concept of a Republic that held every member of opposing tribes/regions together, and a world war to becoming united against a common enemy and subsequently stir the fire of NATIONALISM into every Filipino heart and vein. It's a young nation still learning to evolve and meld into one people and one country, despite being surrounded by sea barriers within and without. Right now I think that the greatest unifying force to our way of life and culture as a people is our belief in God the Creator.

[@brapa1190]

@@MrFareddy literally my point, the people who isn't hispanicized are technically not Filipinos, This us we need to embrace and accept it, we have Spanish and Asian traits and that's Filipino, Philippines is our country Filipino is our identity, we are hispanicized we have to accept it

[@JosePineda-cy6om]

Fun fact: during most of colonial times, the Philippines were not ruled directly from Madrid, but rather from Mexico City, as adminitratively they were considered an outpost of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was only after Mexico got its independence that Madrid started to rule the islands directly. As a result of this, most Philippino languages have not just hundreds of words coming from Spanish, but also dozens of words coming from Nahuatl, a.k.a. the Aztecs' language, as the Tlaxcaltecs (the Aztecs' rivals who also happened to speak Nahuatl) became one of the most loyal allies of Spain and would play a role in Spanish armies similar to the Gurkhas in the British armies: elite shock troops composed from natives. So plenty of Tlaxcaltecs got sent to the other side of the Pacific during their mandatory 3 year service to the crown. Who knows? In an alternate timeline, perhaps the Philippines would've become "West Mexico", we already are very similar to each other, culturally speaking.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

Texas used to be known as Nueva Filipinas and there is indeed a municipality in Pampanga called "Mexico"

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

That makes a lot of sense because I say to my Filipino friends that they're from the Mexican Islands.

[@Elitist20]

The sort of fun fact I follow this channel for.

[@XelitexX360]

Didn't knew of this fun fact, nice to know! Cheers from Mexico!

[@llydrsn]

Yep, so if we really wanted to be a pedant and overly technical about it, the Philippines is a colony of Mexico - which was a colony of Spain.

[@b.r.7404]

Seriously, I love these history shorts. y'all do good work!

[@jojovilar9652]

Fantastic info - I never thought about it - just took it in as my birth country's name without question. Thanks for the info, and the great humour that went with explaining it.

[@rikralph]

The problem with renaming the country Maharlika is that it's a Tagalog-derived word. And considering that the Tagalogs are not even the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines it's much better to settle on a name that favors nobody inside the country.

[@Yora21]

There's a reason we don't have the Federal Republic of Prussia.

[@avakiin6614]

It wasn't necessarily that it's a Tagalog word. It had different meanings to different ethno-linguistic groups. To the Tagalogs, it merely meant "Freemen." To some of the Bisaya, it meant "nobility."

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

@@Yora21 You are germans not prussijans.

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 That's what the Romans called them. Although, the Duetsch do not seem to care what anyone calls them. They have a lot of names depending on the language.

[@rikralph]

@@avakiin6614 No, Maharlika means Nobility as well in Modern Filipino, not Bisaya. Timawa is the word equivalent we have for Maharlika in Bisaya, which also roughly means freemen.

[@greysaff]

One other reason for not renaming might be the fact that the islands' natives fought for years to be called Filipinos. Under Spanish rule, the term 'Filipino' strictly referred to people of Spanish ancestry born in the archipelago. The natives were pejoratively called 'Indios'. Claiming the demonym for themselves showed that the natives were equal to this privileged class.

[@gravity6729]

Yes, Filipino refers to those either with native filipinos with Spanish blood and other europeans born in the Philippines. And for those pure Spanish born in the Philippines, they'll be also called Filipino. However, the Filipino was been mainly associated to the natives to whom they foolishly claim that weren't on the islands when they first came. That's on the perspective of the discriminative Spaniards but not the whole world. Foreign countries identify the natives as Filipinos more than those with Spanish accent. That's why even those pure Spanish born in the country don't like to be called Filipinos. Even the peninsulares (mixed blood) also don't like to be called the same. In the social elites hierarchy Filipinos are more respected than the natives. Spaniards call the natives of tagalogs as Indios, the highlanders as igorots, and the muslim mindanaons as moros . That's why Dr. Rizal fights that the natives should be called Filipinos and should've equal rights just like the Spaniards since they were first born in the Islands before the Spanish colonization. Since mostly our national heroes are Filipinos that's where the identity was been adopted by all the people and becuz the name of the King of Spain remains. It's ironic that we bare the name of their King but we don't honor any of their King and don't speak Spanish. If only Spain took care of the Philippines better they'll have the strongest strategic points in the world. They could've win the Spanish- American war.

[@maheshpun4804]

Not Filipino but that's sounds ridiculous, naming your as how you colonizers were referred to, to demonstrate your equal?

[@cirnotheicefairy3609]

@@maheshpun4804 it's basically the same as taking their name and putting them on the same level as you are. It's basically Crab Mentality put into the national level.

[@user-wn3wv5bx5e]

@@maheshpun4804 Because it was a name of privilege, anyone referred to as Filipino back then was the equivalent of calling someone the rightful citizen to this country, while Indio was perceived as the outliner - tribal and regressive people, rather than people who were the rightful citizens to this country. People back then still wouldn't have thought that the Philippines could be its own country and were still under the colony, so they didn't bother wanting to change the name of the colony and instead wanted to be treated as equals within the colony by saying they wanted to be called what the country was called - a Filipino. Eventually now though - I don't know, changing the name isn't really the most important thing, neither will it actually contribute anything to our heritage. Just because you change the country's name to the Pre-colonial term for warriors won't help educate people of Pre-colonial history.

[@user-wn3wv5bx5e]

@@MrFareddy Being an Igorot myself, not changing the name of the country wouldn't really be an insult? We're not offended whatever the name will be, because inevitably the name was important to certain parts, while didn't include us, is still incredibly impactful to these parts of history and to the majority of citizens of the country. It literally doesn't matter, and let's not turn this into a Myanmar situation where 'Burma' only represented the Burmese and not the rest of the ethnicities - because it doesn't matter. _They_ are essentially Burmese by virtue of living along the Burmese, just as how that of the Cordillera regions are still living with us even with different history. They're still a part of our country no matter what, so they're naturally called Filipinos for simply being part of the country. Even if historically they were never found out, they're still a part of us.

[@TheosBricks]

Nice and short! These kinds of videos a usually 20mins

[@kiir0whei23]

Thank you for this video! I didn't even know the name "Malaysia" was considered!

[@christophermuller4802]

„The one that equally offended everyone remained.“ What a beautiful mess of a world we live in. At least one thing is equal

[@jimtaylor294]

... or four, if counting Death, Disease & Taxes.

[@juanantonio3487]

@@jimtaylor294 I don't pay taxes. At least direct ones

[@brunopereira2281]

@@juanantonio3487 you're are a minor then

[@GraysonMejia]

@@juanantonio3487 you from pr?

[@juanantonio3487]

@@brunopereira2281 A 33 year minor with a job, yeah

[@misterliligant5772]

Rizal wanted only autonomy because he believed the Filipino people weren't just yet ready for independence. And I feel he had a very good point.

[@crisplaysfrom938]

I mean. Yeaj

[@AnimaRandom]

As of these days, he's fcking correct

[@misterliligant5772]

@Kyle Pagayon Highly unlikely, Spain treated the archipelago poorly and Rizal went as far as criticizing them for making the Filipino people the way they are. As for Spanish, not only we would be alienated by our austronesian neighbors, we would be speaking a useless language as the nearest Spanish speaking nation is all the way back in latin America.

[@kentfamilara7122]

Until now 2022, he's right with that one, filipinos are certainly not ready

[@misterliligant5772]

@@kentfamilara7122 More I think they don't deserve democracy as a whole, they not only take it for granted, they'd simply go and misinform people to to vote this or that for a 6 piece bucket meal.

[@laogonzales]

Subscribed! Such a cute animation!!! 😆

[@incredibletoten]

I love the Arnolfini portrait in the outro! Completely out of the blue :D

[@randomobserver8168]

Strictly speaking, the independence of the Philippines in 1946 was dictated by the terms of the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934, which turned the islands from an unincorporated territory, a possession not part of the US, to a Commonwealth with a constitution and a president as of 1935, to become independent after ten further years. A complicated product of a Philippine diplomatic mission to the US and the policy imperatives of the early 30s Congress. The war, Japanese occupation and US reoccupation delayed the planned independence for just a year. Rather than creating the idea for the first time.

[@stacysilverman6366]

Yeah, it really makes you wonder how accurate videos like these are, since when they happen to be on a topic you're knowledgeable about you notice glaring mistakes.

[@liamweaver2944]

Weren't there plans for the US to grant the Philippines independence that were temporarily delayed when the Japanese came knocking?

[@masterchinese28]

That's what I remember too (I'll have to go back to research again). I believed the path to independence was set out at the time the Philippines was made a Commonwealth.

[@a.trance6997]

​@@liamweaver2944 Yes, it was this one. Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934.

[@a.trance6997]

@@stacysilverman6366 Exactly, I found it weird that they made it seem that post-war Philippines was being militant against the United States. Not to mention them saying that the Philippines found it a relief that the United States beat the Spaniards when in reality the Spaniards were being surrounded in Intramuros, Manila and to save face the Spaniards staged a phoney battle with the Americans, opting to surrender to them instead of the Filipinos.

[@ianpatterson6552]

Fun fact. Britain briefly held Manila in the 1760’s as part of the Seven Years War. Coincidentally documents were discovered then that helped Capt Cook navigate the Torres Strait between Papua and Oz mainland.

[@jesusperez-bz6pq]

Britain and holland lost their ships trying to attack filipines

[@jimtaylor294]

Nah. Territories were not just won or lost in battle, but used as barter after a war. The UK was even offered Cuba once, but [in hindsight wisely] said no.

[@jimtaylor294]

^ Not unprecidented though, as the Falklands had English, Spanish & French governors at one time (all at once), as the island was contested.

[@ianendangan7462]

It's because of the British that Filipinos that time realized that Spaniards can be defeated. That started the many rebellions. Also that the British came with many Indians as troops also remained in the Philippines after the British occupation.

[@scintillam_dei]

More Fun Fact: Spaniards discovered Australia before the British ever got there. Yes, the Dutch and probably the Portuguese were the first Europeans there. I prove what I said in my series on the overrated, not-biggest, British Empire.

[@adamesd3699]

Great video. Just one minor point: “Tagalog” is pronounced more slowly and with more emphasis on the vowels, with especially the second “a” drawn out more. So it sounds more like “Tagaalog” than “Tagalog”.

[@mapogolioncoalition7466]

Rizal explicitly affirmed: ''I have believed that autonomy was bound to come little by little, and independence after a lapse of years." Simply put, he felt that independence can be attained only after Spain grants the Filipinos, first, their basic political freedoms and second, autonomy.

[@zimriel]

I feel like Rizal was tragically wrong but morally right. Few people can go from FREEDOM to an orderly society overnight. The French sure didn't in the 1790s. And what about Russia, or Haiti. It takes time to get a people to understand that FREEDOM doesn't immediately mean everyone gets cheap cheeseburgers and Nintendo Switches. It means civic responsibility and dealing with other provinces.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

​@@zimrielthe hell you talkkng about.

[@zimriel]

@@aldrinmilespartosa1578 here's another one who probably shouldn't pollute ballotboxes with his loads.

[@rotehaus]

There is a neighborhood in a small town in Virginia where I once lived that has a neighborhood called the Philippines. Supposedly, police officers gave it that name because it got so rowdy on weekends that it reminded them of when they were in the military trying to quell riots in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. It's still called that more than 100 years later.

[@_utahraptor]

Most original American name

[@vincenttorrijos9680]

Doesn't Virginia also have a fairly large Filipino population too?

[@shiny_teddiursa]

@@vincenttorrijos9680 Northern Virginia has large Asian and Hispanic communities, there’s a sizable filipino community, but no where near as big as the ones in Hawai or California.

[@Jalu3]

@@vincenttorrijos9680 primarily in the Hampton Roads area. Find a place that has an active, or former, Navy base and your will find a thriving Filipino American community.

[@rotehaus]

@@vincenttorrijos9680 Not this town, no. This is a small mountain town. And it was probably far less diverse about 1900 or so, when the name was coined.

[@samcruz6454]

I am from the Philippines, Never knew about the race about the name "Malaysia", very interesting! Regarding the Filipinos defeating the Spanish, I think that's an overstatement to say the least, yes the Katipunan (early iteration of the AFP, basically rebels back then) won some battles but not enough to win the war, it was only when the Americans decisively defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila bay that its became a losing war for the Spanish.

[@eodyn7]

The US lost one guy in that battle and it was to heat stroke. lol

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Did you know they wanted to unify into maphilidona?

[@catdogfan732]

Like France winning the revolutionary war for America

[@laurnborne3830]

My school taught it wasn't a 'defeat'. They just acted to be defeated by the americans since usa bought the Philippines.

[@oofboof90]

@@laurnborne3830 Before the mock battle of Manila, there was a naval battle outside of Manila in the Manila Bay. A lot of ships were actually present there but only American and Spanish ships duked it out near the Port. German, British and French ships were there which also hinted that other european powers were also interested in the islands. In the Filipino movie "Heneral Luna", Luna stated that the Americans would do everything just so they could get Philippines from the Spaniards before the other powers which also might include Japan so I didn't want to say "Western/European".

[@nucks2233]

Best history channel on KZbin. The blunt jokes are the greatest

[@txo.kei1]

999,216 views Early congrats for 1M vies🎉🎉❤️

[@PhilBallMapper]

0:48 I like how history matters just redesigned the sun's face into a poker face

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

Bcus its Luzon. Them people always sad

[@TheGooseGuy69]

Hi again phil

[@llydrsn]

Additionally: during the first Philippine Assembly in 1898, there was another group of islands that were represented - Palau. And Guam was also governed from the Philippines during Spanish times even becoming the place where some prominent Philippine patriots were sent to exile. Wonder how things would have turned up if the Philippines as Spain administered them remained intact?

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@caranhaes6496]

🤓

[@Holymackarel_babadoogaming123]

@@caranhaes6496 Sir those are display toilets

[@fisher1634]

Mfw Guam and Palau were part of the Philippines first before some parts of mindanao...

[@gravity6729]

There will be tyranny and revolution against Spain not until the creation of the United Nation. Possible that the fight of the La Liga Filipina lead by Dr. Jose Rizal to Spain will be approved by the Spanish congress. 1. Make the Philippines a province of Spain. 2. Remove all Spanish priest and political officials and replaced by Filipino priest and Filipinos to lead. and 3. Filipinos having equal rights as of like the Spaniards. One possible conclusion is getting independence and be part of the European Union.

[@raymondnolasco7453]

I love my country’s name! It’s a story for the ages and gives a unique peek on the diversity of The Philippines. Great content as always! Mabuhay

[@raymondnolasco7453]

@@MrFareddy 1. This is categorically wrong; last names such as Lee, Yap, Thompson, Punongbayan are examples of still fairly common last names… 2. Muslims, and to lesser numbers Buddhists, Hindus and even animist religions are all considered as Filipinos. This is proven by law, constitution, birth documents etc. We are a majority Catholic but very accepting of different beliefs…. 3. The oldest Map of what is now The Philippines includes territories which where considered “not conquered” such as the Cordillera Administrative Region and the upcoming Bangsamoro Administrative Region. That in itself is proof that all the peoples within the lands are Filipinos also. I would be remiss not to mention that one of the first decrees by the First President of the Republic, Emilio Aguinaldo was that “all peoples living the Philippine Islands are granted citizenship and considered Filipinos” (these included all natives, Chinese, Indian, and even Spanish settlers)

[@raymondnolasco7453]

@@MrFareddy you say embraced; I say we’ve accepted our history. You have to admit; “The Philippines” as a concept of Nationhood has never existed before Spanish Colonialism (same as countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, India). It’s not the “best name” but it explains a lot about our identity as a people. The one true “east meets west” culture. Like the video said, we chose the name that LEAST offends everyone. I understand that using a colonial name seems off for unconquered peoples of the PH such as CAR and Bangsamoro, but to change it would also mean contentions with Tagalogs, Bisayas, Ilocano etc who still consider “Pilipinas” as their identity. If ever there was a vote for a change of name; my personal preference would be Rizalia.

[@raymondnolasco7453]

@@MrFareddy kabayan, what your stating here is categorically false. Get any CAR birth certificate and you will read Filipino. Even the unconquered Moro lands have “Filipinos” and their passports. I get what you’re coming from, it’s idealistic

[@raymondnolasco7453]

@@MrFareddy what constitutes as “westernized?” That is something not tangible and cannot be given a fair measure. Are you saying that The Cordillera and Bangsamoro people are not westernized? CAR people are very heavy into Mix Martial Arts and Tattooing. They also use highly Americanized ways of farming. In the Bangsamoro region, they enjoy folk music with heavy beatbox mixes. Farming of fruits and coffee also rely heavy on chemicals/ pesticides which are also American influences. These seem light compared to the rest of The Philippines, but to say that there is no influence of western culture is a flat out false assumption.

[@raymondnolasco7453]

@@MrFareddy was Rizal wrong though? His thought was NOT that the Philippines did not deserve to stand as its own country… but that we where NOT Ready as a people. His words proved prophetic in the end.

[@stevenc.6502]

You should do a video about Indonesia, which went from being the Netherlands East Indies to its current name; which is Greek for "the Indian Islands". Because there isn't any indigenous name for the entire archipelago. They did, however, change the name of their capital from Batavia to Jakarta. Also Abyssinia changed their name to Ethiopia; which is the classical Greek name for the lands south and southwest of Egypt.

[@a_l7515]

Javan = 🇮🇩 🇵🇭 🇲🇾

[@glitchy6449]

yeah turns out that coming up with a completely original name for a country is actually really hard, that's why fictional countries almost always have awful names

[@laurnborne3830]

Yeah, i wish i can name better names too

[@nownow4323]

True

[@quidam_surprise]

It's mostly something that the average, not much of a wordsmith/literary soul although seldom revolutionary person isn't quite skilled in unfortunately...

[@Novusod]

Some fictionalized names are decent: Gondor, Mordor, Endor, Arnor, Erbor If I were to pick a fictionalized name for the Philippines the country would be called Pandor. Pan meaning "all" in Latin and Dor meaning dwelling / place / home.

[@quidam_surprise]

@@Novusod « Pan » is Greek though, the Latin for 'all' would be « omni ».

[@Wintermute01001]

Reminds me of how the Greater East Asia Conference used the English language despite condemning western imperialism because using a language specific to any one Asian nation would imply that nation was supreme over all the others.

[@emsouemsou]

Seems to be a trend. When the Pan-Slavic Congress took place in 1848, featuring all the Slavic groups outside the Russian Empire, they couldn't agree on a common language so they ended up having it in German.

[@eldercaster6635]

The same idea applies to many African nations upon independence. Many African nations used the language of their colonizers officially as there were so many groups within these African nations each with their own languages.

[@HellbirdIV]

@@eldercaster6635 That's kinda been how it's always been; nations of any significant size will inevitably have people who speak different languages, or the same language but with different enough dialects that cross-communication gets a bit challenging, so whatever the most populous language is gets adopted as "the main one" for administrative purposes. We know of this stuff at least as far back back as Bronze Age Mesopotamia.

[@theskepticalwhaler4946]

Another reason English was chosen was also because it was the only language that all the participants could speak. Quite a few of the attendees couldn't speak Japanese even though the whole event was a Japanese propaganda farce

[@jaggedjottings]

@@eldercaster6635 You can get around pretty much anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa speaking just English, French and Portuguese.

[@Bariom_dome]

You would make a great history teacher with your mildly sarcastic voice and speech

[@nathanadrielsvlogs1021]

ty making this video! love skintone that you put in animations.

[@markmarano913]

It is always worth pausing to read the full newspaper pages onscreen, and it always gets better and better with each page!

[@paulrus-keaton439]

What did Poland ever do to him. :|

[@christophernuzzi2780]

1:05 "The Yellowest Press You Done Ever Did See" lol. :)

[@pffftnames9047]

@@paulrus-keaton439 Or the kids

[@hok6825]

Idea for an episode: Why didn’t the Scots invade while England was busy fighting in France during the 100 years war? Didn’t the Auld Alliance require it?

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Actually that is an interesting question

[@dd.mm.ll.]

Well, as far as I remember the Scots did invade. There was even a battle of Neville's Cross, which, however, was won by England

[@SuperWiggler]

In the Black Death episode, it says that the Black Death started after the Hundred Years War commenced, and that the Scottish then raided England and brought the Black Death back with them. So that is probably why the Auld Alliance wasn't invoked.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

They did. A few times. IIRC they lost all of them.

[@hok6825]

@@dd.mm.ll. Actually I haven’t heard about this battle, nevertheless when England started losing after battle of Orleans, an invasion was certainly a great opportunity for Scotland to gain something valuable at the peace talks

[@rer_03]

I like how he put baby King Alfonso XIII on the arms of his mother at 2:22, very accurate. I've never seen a baby in these videos.

[@ndor1429]

BECAUSE It's a beautiful name for a BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY with its BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭♥️♥️♥️

[@ndor1429]

@@MrFareddy that's YOUR criteria, right?? Ok whatever makes you happy. Go ahead, preach that to all the Filipinos living in the Philippines.

[@InfoChannelOfficial]

I love your videos! Not only are they informative, but they also present the information in a brief way that can be remembered. Keep it up!

[@calvinmemes8157]

Yup he's the best

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yes

[@mariotcarreon]

As a long time viewer I never realized how close the characters look like to the actual people until I saw this video about my country. Nice work!

[@user-cf9tl9lk5g]

sorry, I'm just curious but are all names in the philippines of spanish origin? and if it is that way, how many people there speak spanish?

[@RdTrpBrgr]

I especially LOL'd @ Rizal. Yep, that's him alright.

[@Jotari]

What? Bit baffled someone could not notice that. Like, surely you know what Mao, Churchill and Stalin look like, who've been in a bunch of these videos.

[@optimx314]

@@user-cf9tl9lk5g almost nobody speaks spanish

[@mariotcarreon]

@@Jotari it hits much closer to home when it's the historical figures you grew up with.

[@user-in1yw9ty5t]

this series is very interesting. how countries kept their present name or changed it.

[@vikbeilier8122]

Interesting, thanks

[@expandedhistory]

I think this video does an outstanding job on not only explaining why the Philippines kept their Spanish name but also showcasing the vast influence that Spain had over the Philippines and its culture. Showcasing that Spain not only brought the Catholic religion to the Philippine islands, it also brought with it its culture and cuisine. And the impact of the Spanish influence on local cuisine is very much evident during religious feasts, especially at Christmas. I also find it fascinating that majority of my Filipino friends all have Spanish last names.

[@sethkoch7921]

I love your History channel as well ExpanedHistory!

[@nikhilhadbe271]

What about bogeli wogely 😞

[@manvelmsurian9712]

@Expanded History That isn't the point of this video. The point of the video is explaining why the Philippines kept their name but simplified so the average viewer understands without being overwelmed.

[@Pfalz536]

And don't forget the cringe filipino religious Christian moms in Facebook

[@joroll26]

Two words. Cultural Assimilation!

[@lewezekielbarrameda6699]

As a Filipino this is interesting and the "it was a case of trying to find a name that everybody could agree on, which they couldn't and so the one that equally offended everyone remained" sounds like a summary of the situation and its funny. I like it

[@johnramirez3247]

@@MrFareddy The original definition of "Filipino" is a spaniard descent born in the philippine archipelago. Everyone else that were not spanish were called "indio". Today, you are called filipino if you're a citizen of the republic of the philippines so therefore igorots and ifugaos are filipino. Stop spreading nonsense and get your facts straight!

[@itzamia]

Does Eastasia work?

[@gvd378]

@@MrFareddy true filipinos or true inhabitants of this archipelago are those indigenous tribes and people....we,who have spanish surenames are not

[@arthurmoran4951]

@@gvd378 mostly you still are but your culture get more influence from spain, like the brittish island never stop to bieng english it just get a lot of influence from french during the norman ocuppaton

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@itzamia Eastasia doubleplusungood name

[@thes7552]

1M views i think you summoned the horde by one title

[@torian5995]

Philippines is a beautiful country, i went threre 10 years ago and visited a few islands and still cant forget how beatiful the countryside is. It was also very interesting to heard people speaking tagalog and the hight amount of words that sound similiar to spanish. Overall a very beautiful country and one of those rare cases where even if there's a big culture gap you can feel like you are at home just by how welcoming and kind everyone is.

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

I am living in the Philippines for several years now. One thing you find is many streets and sites named after politicians and that can change over time. Families and clans still have a level of influence and control over many areas also, so the "tribal" nature of the nation remains a bit with many different languages also. Fewer people actually use the national language of Filipino than their regional language. Bisaya/Cebuano is one of the larger regional languages. English is the 2nd official language with most legal documents in English. Many Filipinos can understand and converse in English in the cities but once out in the provinces, this may be a challenge, although there is usually someone who does understand and speak it well.

[@tablelord6588]

@@MrFareddy those are your opinions

[@ar0568]

@@MrFareddy So they should get independence from the Philippines?

[@muhiddenmisbak1013]

@@MrFareddy I am from Mindanao and I don't consider myself to be Filipino I prefer being classified as Moro because we have a proud history of not being colonized by Spanish that's why we kept most of Malay heritage, mainly Islam.

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@muhiddenmisbak1013 ….. what is your nationality then? It’s literally not a question of culture because if it were every barangay would be independent it’s just a legal thing and national thing like where you live ect

[@Nae_100]

@@muhiddenmisbak1013 tapos nakalagay sa PSA mo Filipino ung citizen tas kukuha ka ng pasaport Filipino ung citizen aguy aguy FILIPINO tayo ah

[@mosesracal6758]

As in previous comments, the Tydings-Mcduffe Act guaranteed Philippine independence but I would like to take note in how much this was influenced by the work of William H. Taft. Taft being the first civil governor of the islands made it sure that the Philippines was always guaranteed independence. It was his initiative during the Taft Commission that secured us the Philippine Organic Act that allowed the Filipinos limited self-government - which was the first step in a series of steps towards eventual independence. It was also Taft that insisted Filipinos to be treated as 'social equals' and while this did help Philippine nationalist politicians to grow within the Insular Government system, there was no written rule to safeguard the common folk from racism.

[@alswann2702]

You woke joke types are as big on written rules as you are on racismmmmmm....reeeeeee!

[@alanpennie]

It does look odd that immediately after conquering The Philippines with enormous loss of life USA began planning to restore its independence. You'd think they could have skipped the "conquering with enormous loss of life" stage.

[@mosesracal6758]

@@alanpennie The Americans were very divided at that time whether or not to colonize since they hate the Brits and the Brits are synonymous with colonization. However they do envy the Brits just as well, since colonization did bring up international prestige which the US still was not. The guarantee of independence was a compromise to appease to both sides. Philippines will be under the USA but it will let it go someday. The senate would never allow the Philippines to be integrated anyways - too many non-whites in the archipelago.

[@inigobantok1579]

​@@alanpennietheir goal really was to spread freedom and democracy as well as finding resources

[@zimriel]

@@inigobantok1579 Philippines didn't really have resources that Americans cared about; America had and has plenty of resources. The American interest in the Philippines was mostly about naval coaling-stations, and keeping everyone else out of there. Americans didn't want the Pacific to become entirely British or entirely German - or entirely Japanese if it came to that. Turns out that the Japanese behaved so badly in the Philippines that they'd somewhat proven the Americans' point...

[@eigyer2267]

Being named after the Spanish King Philip II, very few knew that the name Philippines have a prophetic connotation; 1) King Philip's name was after the name of one of Jesus's apostle - Philip the evangelist, 2) the Philippine Islands is the only country surrounded by non-Christian nations in Asia just like Israel surrounded by Islamic countries, 3) Pilipinos are so scattered throughout the world that you can find them almost everywhere just like the Jews (who will be regathered by the Lord in the last days), 4) the name Philip means lovers of horses or simply put, Philippines is symbolized by a horse, 5) the Horse gate is seemingly an insignificant gate beside the Golden Gate in the temple mount in Jerusalem where Jesus is prophesied to enter in the last days, 6) the prophet Isaiah spoke about an Islands nation in Isaiah 42:10 and onwards thru the rest of the book, whereas Israel is not a group of islands, 7) (many more but too long to mention).

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

​​If we are to rename our country; *_Maharlika:_* so much issues, name deeply tied to the marcos family *_Ophir:_* ginoo ko! Conspiracy theory, barbers gossip, bias to the jews... So how about this; *_International name:_* Makronesia (big islands)《Opposite of Micronesia which is part of spanish east indies before》 *_Local Name:_* Angkapulawan (the islands) [Ang+ka-pulaw(malay word for island)-an] -*alt.*_ Bansang Kapulawan. Demonym Int'l: Makronesian Demonyn Local: Tagakapulawan (islanders) No religious bias, no ethnic bias, perfectly describes our geography and way of life... A religious name for a multi-sectarian, multi-ethnic democratic island nation would be a domestic policy disaster as it would totally aggrevate other religions for being forced to adapt said names... if the worst comes, it might turn to civil war. We don't want that do we, so a neutral name should be a necessary to a country like ours...

[@PotatonitroYT]

2:48 "also, No sabah for you" got me lmao

[@harveya1a952]

It should be called Bisonetteland in honour of James Bisonette

[@PhilBallMapper]

lmao that's nice

[@fatdaddyeddiejr]

I like it.

[@guyzilberman4255]

Bisonettines

[@jamesbissonette8002]

Nah

[@richardedvardkossler1143]

@@jamesbissonette8002 especially thank you James Bissonette

[@boaoftheboaians]

As a Filipino, I must commend the hilarious fact that History Matters put “North Australia” as a choice in that last part 😂 (Also I had no idea “Rizalia” existed as an actual proposal)

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

I know it's a joke name but if any place deserves the title "North Australia" it's the island of New Guinea because geologically speaking, it's of the same continent as Australia. But I will just settle for us being called South Papua.

[@WaterShowsProd]

Linguistically it's also funny as Australia means "Southern Land" so it would be "Northern Southerland Land".

[@stanleycanada9432]

It's called north Australia because of many exotic animal species.

[@saldol9862]

Wasn’t Maharlika one of the proposals?

[@tvre0]

@@WaterShowsProd i come from the land down under

[@ciprianoparreno1908]

Happy independence day here today in the 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 🇵🇭

[@alltroutdout7746]

That’s why I always tell em “I’m not Filipino, I’m IGOROT”… 1. We never got Conquered by Spain, 2. Stay TRADITIONAL “INDIGENOUS” compared to the southerners lol… though you forgot to mention the Name “MAHARLIKA”, which Duterte almost used to rename the country lol

[@tomtomtrent]

2:21 I love that baby Alfonso haha

[@ramzyquarnberg3229]

1:12: if I had to explain America in one picture

[@FonikosGazmas]

You forgot the non-binary part but yeah... Extremely accurate XD

[@jurekainocente2133]

THE PHILIPPINES IS A BEAUTIFUL NAME AND WE FILIPINOS ARE PROUD OF IT AND LOVE OUR COUNTRY.

[@ger13nunyah56]

Nice 👍

[@biosaari]

I had to rewind it many times to make sure I'd heard it correctly. 0:44 Who in the world told you that the Spanish defeated the rebels right before the US invaded? It's much more tragic than that. The Filipinos had won their sovereignty and the Americans invaded in a sham Battle of Manila to make it seem like they had defeated the Spanish and thus had the right to the Philippines.

[@raymundoii]

This also confused me. They definitely did not defeat the freedom fighters before the US came. It was around this time that Aguinaldo dealt with American agents to help supply weapons to the locals, leading to Spain fighting multiple fronts.

[@qwertyboo]

This is why KZbin cannot be a legitimate source of education unless uploaded by an institution. No one's monitoring and regulating contents like these and people will just take it as a fact.

[@unclefatbloke687]

@@qwertyboo Hahaha! So you think 'institutions' nowadays are trusted sources of facts, instead of what THEY want us to believe!

[@juliusnepos6013]

@@raymundoii absolutely

[@chattcedric6321]

@@qwertyboo You Tube contents are subjective and relative to whoever has wider perspectives and knowledge, otherwise the Ignorants and the Simple-Minded fall prey.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

I love "Fun fact: no" so freaking much! It's a nice treat! A day that History Matters releases a video with my favorite quip is a lucky day indeed!!!

[@meadowsirl]

I love that last line. 2:56

[@EthanRom]

That is a solid closing line

[@ontariofirs7347]

Filipinas y Mexico, hermanos de cultura, historia y espirito 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 Me digo lo como un filipino ✌️

[@LeonidasArg2021]

Únanse a la familia Hispana amigos filipinos, más de 30 países esperan su llegada ❤️❤️❤️

[@arsantiqua8741]

@@LeonidasArg2021 the only hurdle would be the the (sometimes extreme) anti-hispanic-culture sentiment people have here.

[@phoenix5054]

Ironic that Filipinos will not even understand your comment unless translated to English.

[@idk7819]

Well actually I'm Filipino and I understand everything except the last part. Philippines and Mexico, siblings of culture, in history and spirit. Though, to be fair, the choice of words, whether intentional or not, are similar to Tagalog and English which we are familiar with. Spanish was removed from our curriculum decades ago so we still do not understand a great great deal of that language unless you're from a region that retained a lot of the language. Chavacano, another language in the Philippines, is very similar to Spanish. Anyway, there are undeniably plenty of words that are similar especially in the kitchen.

[@AlejandrXZD]

Hermanos de cultura?? De que hablas? No podríamos ser más diferentes a esos chinos

[@aestheticaero55]

“…the one that equally offended everyone remained.” My new favorite HM line

[@vectorkingsoli]

"Instead they came to a compromise with the rebels: you shut up and we'll keep the land. Shockingly, this led to war" xDDDDDDDDDD

[@aliasmarg8ta127]

Bravo History Matters! This made me ROTFL. I love the animation and I love that "go away, Nerd" shows up in almost every video. I learned something new. I must have fallen sleep in history classes

[@sharondaatlagniappe]

0:08 is that Magellan’s skull😂😂😂😂

[@andalilbitqueer]

you only need to say the word "Philippines" and we're automatically here

[@laurnborne3830]

It is sad that we're that desperate for attention in the international stage.

[@Monika-hw7ey]

@@laurnborne3830 we got our international recognition, and it's pretty big lol

[@miguelvina7188]

well Philippines has been subjected to international attention lately

[@winzyl9546]

@@Monika-hw7ey yep, pretty big shame.

[@ExpiredCornedbeef]

@@Monika-hw7ey International Recognition but its everyone making fun of us

[@mariacuachon3906]

WH Taft, immortalized as "Taft Avenue" notice how many other streets have been renamed to Filipino from American: such as "Dewey Boulevard" to now "Roxas Boulevard" but Taft Avenue stays put🎆🥂

[@eric-wb7gj]

TY 🙏🙏

[@MayoraWawixTachibana]

As a Filipino, I do love my country's name, it's unique. And also one of a handful of nations that has the "The" before the name, such as The Bahamas 🇧🇸 and The Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@WaterShowsProd]

And working on international festivals in Thailand I have to contstantly put the "The" back on those names (along with the final S) because the Thai organisers always remove them! Mabuhay!

[@jrexx2841]

Weird since in Tagalog, it's just "Pilipinas" (Philippines), not "Ang Pilipinas" (The Philippines)

[@ab9840]

Like "The Dominican Republic" (La República Dominicana).

[@Bicicletasaladas]

And like the Ukraine. And in the past, Argentina used to be called "the Argentine" too.

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

Same my friend as a filipino i agreed

[@smokeyeyes__]

I really love this channel, it offers an easy to understand and surface-level analysis of world events but remains objective and detailed enough to allow you to form a well-rounded opinion on a subject. if you teach GCSE history, your students are so lucky!

[@grey_apache]

Rizalia, land of the rizzlers

[@loriechilson925]

I came across of your channel while searching interesting story and video on youtube. Of all the videos I browsed, your caption "why Philippines keep it's Spanish name" caught my attention. Good question - "why Philippines did not changed it's name"? From my understanding, when the Spaniards arrived, the archipelago were clusters of islands and each island is ruled by a tribal leader or the strongest person in town. According to history, the Spaniards were on their way in search for the spice islands but a strong storm pushed them away from their route and ended up in an island. The Spaniards anchored their ship and befriended the locals until they found out the island has no name. "Maybe there was a local name of the island but can not decipher what the locals were saying". The Spaniards decided to give the island name in honor of King Philip. Instead of pursuing the Spice Islands the Spaniards were looking in the first place, they decided to stay put and started converting locals to Christianity. During the colonization period, the Spaniards started oppressing people, that's how Lapu Lapu came about. He killed Magellan. Without the Spaniards, Philippines is not the Philippines we know today. It was the Spaniards that unified the islands from north to south, east to west. To make the story short, it was Spain that put Philippines on the world map. Although, there were other colonizers that came after the Spaniards but decided to stick to the given name.

[@tonyroberts5068]

Love the underlying humour you provide in your submissions. I find them very interesting indeed, being very keen on history, and do smile at some of your comments. Nice bit of irony and sarcasm goes a long way.

[@fizkallnyeilsem]

Congratulations man, your view count is almost 1 Mil for every video, i personally check all your videos to pass time listening while driving from my work to home. Also greetings from Philippines🇵🇭

[@DragonJohn]

"the one that equally offended everyone remained" sounds like: "you know its a good compromise when no one's happy"

[@azianboi411]

As a half filipino and half american who lived his first ten years in the Philippines, I enjoyed my days living in Manila, more specifically Quezon City and Pampanga. However, mosquitoes were my nemesis back then

[@zimriel]

It was all Americans' nemesis. Few Americans wanted to move to the tropics. Philippines was an American colonialism without any American wanting to become a colonist

[@adrianfaith7259]

2:48 Loved the placard saying "No Sabah for you". I agree that even to this day us (some of us, excluding me and others) are still salty about it. XD.

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

Honestly we just have to let it go. Majority of the population don't want to be part of PH. Russians annexed Crimea because majority wants it. Not in this case.

[@miguelvina7188]

dont care about sabah but lmao

[@samuel_saysske1355]

Love Philippines🇵🇭 from Sweden🇸🇪

[@jujub4553]

The Philippines would’ve been so much better if they’d agreed to being part of the U.S.

[@kwakdeducc]

you definitely took advantage of the "if there's a Philippines in the title or in any part of it, they would probably click it" situation

[@willemvanoranje5724]

This is literally a question that had bothered me for years, but was too lazy to actually search for it. Man this channel is just fantastical.

[@kaijudirector5336]

They also forgot the third reason for indpendence: we were already working towards that since 1935 because of the Commonwealth Government. We were going to be independent (as an anchor in the the US sphere of influence) anyway.

[@7swordquanta459]

It's somewhat implied already in 1:59-2:00. I guess the dude didn't want to say it probably because of info overload.

[@kaijudirector5336]

@@7swordquanta459 Indeed, but it feels that the rest of the video implies that the idea of Filipino independence was only going to be a thing after WW2 ended.

[@TitoTimTravels]

@@kaijudirector5336 True. The US was working with the PIs to get full independence when the Japanese took it. That slowed things down for a bit...

[@telesniper2]

@@kaijudirector5336 it was readily apparent that Japan would have annexed it from the beginning, that is why th U.S. stayed there so long.

[@kaijudirector5336]

@@telesniper2 Well, that might have been an influencing factor, but independence was more or less always the plan.

[@christianjohncid1072]

Im from philippines, lot of us have Spanish surname and my surname is chinese, its just a name but my mind, Blood and soul is Maharlikan❤🔥

[@keelahrose]

Super cool! Now do a video on what Malaysia would have called itself if they had lost the race. 😁

[@0900370pian]

Most probably it will be Melayunesia. Other potential name is Langkasuka.

[@Kane_2001]

​@@0900370pianmelayuneisa good

[@yorktown99]

It's worth noting that the United States decided in the early 1930s to transition the Philippines to fully independent sovereignty. Multiple acts of Congress were passed to re-organize the Philippines into a self-governing Commonwealth. The time-delay was largely to provide for the creation of a separate military (which was better equipped & trained than any other comparable colonial army). While the war disrupted the timeline towards independence, the US recognized the sacrifice of the Filipinos merited honoring the original laws. Post-war military treaties did bolster the Philippine economy, especially after the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War and the start of the Korean War.

[@fckprc8149]

It is only worth noting if we also make a note for a sovereign nations that the US destroyed or damaged through CIA and the army! All wars done by the US since WW2 had bad intentions

[@joaoonda]

I just love the Isildur reference! Fantastic video as always and those Easter eggs make them all the better! :D

[@RPRIMICI]

I think the name 'Maharlika' (I think it means 'noble' or 'grand') was suggested and I think everyone was simply accustomed to the old name that the new name didn't gain traction. Besides, what would we call each other if not 'Pinoys' --- well the nickname could still stick around I suppose...

[@villamorgallevo9578]

I don't think maharlika has been purposed as one of the name sir... Maharlika has just been proposed by Marcos sr. In his terms

[@jayson3441]

Maharlika was the "common freemen" class of the Tagalogs. It being "noble/nobility" was a mistranslation.

[@_nikoru]

Maharlika does not mean noble or grand. In the Tagalog social class system, it is the name of the Tagalog warrior class.

[@Discosaturn]

"What would we call each other if not 'Pinoys'?" Maharlikanos? But then you'll have to rename every company and institution that has the name "Philippines" in it. Example: Philippine Airlines to "Marharlika Airlines".

[@merickclare]

Even if they changed it to Maharlikas I would still call myself a Filipino. I don't want any name associated with a dictator.

[@abdrastix7122]

Like what where did you get all this information?

[@MacTac141]

This guy is so good at picking questions I never would have thought of but now need to know the answer to. It’s kinda uncanny!

[@LookBackHistory]

All politics aside, I've always thought that the Philippines has a beautiful name.

[@lc-mx1ir]

@Jan Krixtian im filipino and i love the name philippines rather than malaysia

[@scintillam_dei]

I'm Spanish, and I don't like the name. Wish I moved there instead of Cambodia.

[@nownow4323]

Tbh I'd rather have rizal's name as my country's name rather than Philip :/

[@friedpipino2354]

​@Rain・レイゾ I'd Rather Have The Name "Ilhas do oriente" (Islands to the East) more specifically "Oriente/s" Than Both Marlika and Phillip p.s. The name was suggested by the Portuguese so no intention of favoring the Spanish

[@nownow4323]

@@MrFareddy those work, too 👍

[@denouxiousp4105]

Rizalia actually sounds pretty cool

[@a1d4nnn]

Cool, but controversial

[@rcisneros8567]

Tag A Long. LOL!!! Thanks for that. I've never heard it like that. The people I know call it Ta Gul En.