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How did dominating the philippines benefit spain

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It gave them access to the China trade, which had many lucrative goods such as spices, sandalwood, silk, porcelain. This was such an important part of the trade system of the Spanish Empire that they sent Manila Galleons regularly, off the west coast of New Spain or the Viceroyalty of Peru
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