Resettlement of Spanish immigrants

15 and 16 centuries, the Christian countries in western Europe were trapped by the land blockade of the Ottoman Empire, actively expanded their power and opened up new trade routes to East Asia, thus discovering the new American continent and the Cape of Good Hope, thus shortening the distance between Asia and Europe and the world entered the era of sea power. Western European countries compete to engage in exploration, colonization, trade and missionary activities all over the world. In the international environment of sea power hegemony, Taiwan Province Province is forced to enter a new historical period.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, western mercantilist countries began to pay attention to Taiwan Province Province. At this time, the Far East Sea has become a situation in which three European countries compete: Portugal, which leased Macao from the Ming Empire, Spain, which colonized Luzon Island in the Philippines, and the Netherlands, which occupied Java Island, launched commercial and colonial competition in the Far East Sea. At the same time that the western European forces moved eastward, the Ming imperial government ended Zheng He's "seven voyages to the West", gradually closed its doors to the outside world and implemented the policy of sea ban. The pirates and pirates (or armed "maritime business groups") were active in the southeast coast of the Ming Empire because of their profitable smuggling trade, and even openly challenged the ruling authority of the Ming Empire.

/kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, when a Portuguese ship was passing through the Taiwan Province Strait, a crew member happened to take a look and found a green island. He couldn't help shouting "Ilha Formosa (Portuguese: Beautiful Island)". In this way, this "Formosa" has become the name of Taiwan Province Island in the western world [3]. However, although the Portuguese were the first European explorers to arrive in East Asia, they only exchanged opium and silver dollars from Taiwan Province Province for the aborigines in Taiwan Province Province, and had no intention of further colonization.

At that time, there were already Malay Polynesian aborigines (Austronesian) in Taiwan Province Province except a few Han immigrants, and these Austronesian-speaking Taiwan Province aborigines were distributed all over Taiwan Province Province. Although they belong to the Malayan Polynesian nation, they are not the same race. These aborigines have different languages and customs, forming an independent but not subordinate tribal society. Due to different languages, customs and living areas, these aborigines may have moved from different places at different times. Because the aborigines are divided into many ethnic groups, they have been unable to establish a unified political power or kingship in Taiwan Province Province (only the "Kodak King" near Taichung once had a brief tribal alliance).

Due to its geographical location, Taiwan Province Province has become a shelter for Japanese pirates and a haven for pirates. When the pirates or pirates plundered the coast of the Ming Empire and were pursued by officers and men, they fled to Penghu Islands and then to Taiwan Province Province. Although officers and men would chase Penghu, they rarely chased Taiwan Province Province (in the Ming Dynasty, they chased Shen Yourong across the sea to Anping, and "wiped out the Japanese army"). Regarding the scene of Taiwan Province Province at that time, scholars often refer to Dong Fan Collection, which is the earliest record about Taiwan Province Province.

After the outbreak of the Dutch War of Independence, the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company, launched a series of wars, and captured the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in East Asia. Later, the Dutch opened commercial pavilions in Jakarta, Ambon and Hukou, but the trade with China did not go smoothly. 1604, Wilbrand van Wavechick planned to attack Macao as a trade base with the Ming Dynasty. Defeated by the Portuguese, Wei Malang turned to occupy Penghu when the Ming army had no flood troops to defend it. However, Shen Yourong, the general of the Ming army, led troops to Penghu and asked Wei Malang to leave. Under this pressure, Wei Malang could not trade with China smoothly, so he ran away. This incident left a monument of "Shen Yourong's imperial edict to return the red hair, Fan Wei, Malang, etc.", which is still erected in Penghu Tianhou Palace.

1622, Governor Cohen learned that the Spanish intended to occupy Taiwan Province Province, so he sent Cornelis Reijason to attack Macau with 600 men. If he fails, he will move to Penghu or Taiwan Province Province. However, the Dutch army was stubbornly resisted by the Spanish and Portuguese Coalition forces and suffered heavy losses. Lei Ruosheng then moved to Penghu and built a city at the end of Fengge [4].

After Nanjuyi 1624 became governor, he planned to force the Dutch to quit Penghu and send troops to surround the Fenggui Acropolis. After eight months of fierce fighting, the Dutch and China officials reached an agreement, agreeing to destroy the forts and fortresses set in Penghu and transfer them to the island of Taiwan Province Province, which did not belong to China at that time. The Ming Dynasty did not interfere in the Dutch occupation of Taiwan Province Province. The Dutch first set up a simple business hall in the north of Shanwei (now Sisao, Tainan), and built a Ge Lan Castle in Kun (now Anping, Tainan) in 1625 as the center of ruling Taiwan Province Province. This is the beginning of Taiwan Province Province's leap onto the international stage and the beginning of foreign regime occupation (Zhang Deshui1992,34-5).