Spanish colonial period
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[edit]- (Philippines, history, colonialism) A time period in Philippine history where the Philippines Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
- Synonym: Spanish colonial era
- Coordinate term: American colonial period