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The Spanish at first viewed the Philippines as a stepping-stone to the riches of the East Indies (Spice Islands), but, even after the Portuguese and Dutch had foreclosed that possibility, the Spanish still maintained their presence in the archipelago
Great Britain and France placed the newly formed United States in the middle of their problems in the late 1700s by pressuring the United States to take sides.
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