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Filipino nationalism:

It began with an upsurge of patriotic sentiments and nationalistic ideals in the 1800s Philippines that came as a consequence of more than three centuries of Spanish rule. This served as the backbone of the first nationalist revolution in Asia, the Philippine Revolution of 1896, and continues up to this day. These nationalistic sentiments have led to a wide-ranging campaign for political, social, and economic freedom in the Philippines. The term "Filipino" originally referred to the Spanish criollos of the Philippines . During their 333-year rule of the Philippines, the Spanish rulers referred the natives as indios.

Background:

In the years before the 11th century, the Philippines was divided into numerous principalities known as barangays, a name derived from Malayan boats called balangays. These small political units were ruled by datus, rejahs or sultans. In 1565, European colonization began in earnest when Spanish explorer Miguel Lopez Legaspi arrived from Mexico and formed the first European settlements in Cebu. Beginning with just five ships and five hundred men accompanied by Augustinian Monks, and further strengthened in 1567 by two hundred soldiers, he was able to repel competing Portuguese colonizers and to create the foundations for the Spanish colonization of the Archipelago. In 1571, the Spanish occupied the kingdoms of Maynila and Tondo and established Manila as the capital of the Spanish East Indies. This Spanish colonization united the Philippine archipelago into a single political entity.

Effect of the progress during the period (1760s–1820s)

The earliest signs of the effect to Filipino Nationalism by the developments mentioned could be seen in the writings of Luis Rodriguez Varela, a Creole educated in liberal France and highly exposed to the Age of Enlightenment. Knighted under the Order of Carlos, Varela was perhaps the only Philippine Creole who was actually part of European nobility. The court gazette in Madrid...