1. Because a conqueror named Ferdinand Magellan and his 350 men with their ships were led in the Philippines and it is because they only rely on the wind direction.
2. Instead of finding the island of moluccas in indonesia,(also known as island of spices) they were led by the direction of the wind to northwest.
3. Because the spaniards wanted to conquer more lands than Portuguese conquerors.
4. Because the Philippines has also full of Natural Resources which can be used by people.
5. In order to make Philippines have a Catholic Life.
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Spaniards came to the Philippines for the reason of colonialization. At that time countries in Europe are racing towards expanding their territories. one reason also is because of their search for the Spice Island.
The Spanish came in the Philippines for 3G's. gold, glory and God.
disadvantages brought by spaniards in the philippines
The Spaniards came to the Philippines via galleons and caravels (types of ships) because of mercantilism and to gain power. Spain also was obliged to follow the instructions of the Pope and convert the native people.
The Spaniards came to the Philippines because of these reasons:to spread the Roman Catholic religion;to find GOLD; andto expand their world empire.They used force as needed to gain control of this island group.