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Why is the "Catholic clergy seizing Indigenous children for residential schools" problem seemingly limited to Canada?

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Did the Franco regime ever attempt to retake the former Spanish colonies in Latin America or the Philippines, or condone/encourage abuses of Latin Americans, Filipinos, etc. living in post-Civil War Spain?

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Why is the Spanish colonial empire often said/implied to be "less focused on trade" or "not prioritising trade" compared to other empires like the Dutch, British, Portuguese etc.?

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What was unique about the Spanish Philippines that today it is one of the only countries that got most of its surnames from a colonially-imposed list?

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Why did Southeast Asia not attempt to create an Operation Condor equivalent, given the abundance of Cold War Southeast Asian Right-wing / anti-Communist regimes?

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Why was World War 2 so much more devastating to Manila (and the whole American Philippines by extension) when almost all of Southeast Asia was also occupied by the Japanese?

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Is the United States the only colonial empire that deliberately intended to grant independence to its colonies after a certain period?

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Why was English-language education apparently very successful at displacing the Spanish language in the American Philippines, but less so in American Puerto Rico (which is still formally under US control until today)?

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Besides the Americans in the Philippines, what other colonial empires used mass education as a primary tool of colonial control?

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Why was the Spanish/Catholic Philippines almost the only incredibly successful case of religious colonialism in Asia?

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Why is the "Catholic clergy seizing Indigenous children for residential schools" problem seemingly limited to Canada?	32
Did the Franco regime ever attempt to retake the former Spanish colonies in Latin America or the Philippines, or condone/encourage abuses of Latin Americans, Filipinos, etc. living in post-Civil War Spain?	20
Why is the Spanish colonial empire often said/implied to be "less focused on trade" or "not prioritising trade" compared to other empires like the Dutch, British, Portuguese etc.?	19
What was unique about the Spanish Philippines that today it is one of the only countries that got most of its surnames from a colonially-imposed list?	17
Why did Southeast Asia not attempt to create an Operation Condor equivalent, given the abundance of Cold War Southeast Asian Right-wing / anti-Communist regimes?	16
Why was World War 2 so much more devastating to Manila (and the whole American Philippines by extension) when almost all of Southeast Asia was also occupied by the Japanese?	14
Is the United States the only colonial empire that deliberately intended to grant independence to its colonies after a certain period?	14
Why was English-language education apparently very successful at displacing the Spanish language in the American Philippines, but less so in American Puerto Rico (which is still formally under US control until today)?	11
Besides the Americans in the Philippines, what other colonial empires used mass education as a primary tool of colonial control?	9
Why was the Spanish/Catholic Philippines almost the only incredibly successful case of religious colonialism in Asia?	9