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British occupation of Manila
British occupation of Manila
1762–1764
	Flag of the British East India Company
	"The Attack of Manilla, October 1762", depicting the British capture of Manila
Status	Occupation of Manila by the; Kingdom of Great Britain
Capital	Manila, ; Bacolor, Pampanga (Spanish Philippine colonial government retains control outside of Manila and Cavite)
Official languages	English
Common languages	Tagalog • Spanish
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Monarch
• 1760–1820	George III
Governor-General
• 1762–1764	Dawsonne Drake
Historical era	Spanish colonial rule
• Battle of Manila	6 October 1762
• Treaty of Paris	31 May 1764
Currency	Spanish dollar
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Captaincy General of the Philippines
Captaincy General of the Philippines

The British occupation of Manila was an episode in colonial history of the Philippines when the Kingdom of Great Britain occupied the Spanish colonial capital of Manila and the nearby port of Cavite for eighteen months, from the 6th October 1762 to the first week of April 1764. The occupation was an extension of the larger Seven Years' War between Britain and France, which Spain had recently entered on the side of the French.

The British wanted to use Manila as an entrepôt for trade in the region, particularly with China.^[1] In addition, the Spanish governor agreed to deliver a ransom to the British in exchange for the city being spared from any further sacking.^[2] However, the resistance from the provisional Spanish colonial government, established by members of the Royal Audience of Manila and led by Lieutenant Governor Simón de Anda y Salazar, whose mostly Filipino troops prevented British forces from expanding their control beyond the neighbouring towns of Manila and Cavite, led to the project's abandonment.^[3]^: 57

^ Danley & Speelman pp. 463-464.
^ Draper 2006, p. 101.
^ Tracy, Nicholas (1995). Manila Ransomed. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 0-8598-9426-6.

[DS-1] Danley & Speelman pp. 463-464.

[FOOTNOTEDraper2006101-2] Draper 2006, p. 101.

[tracy-3] Tracy, Nicholas (1995). Manila Ransomed. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 0-8598-9426-6.

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