<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Overseas Filipinos </Td> </Tr> <P> Filipino Americans (Filipino: Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino descent . The term Filipino American is sometimes shortened to "Fil - Ams", or "Pinoy". According to Filipino American historian Dawn Mabalon, the earliest appearance of the term Pinoy (alt . Pinay), was in a 1926 issue of the Filipino Student Bulletin . The article that featured the terms, is titled, "Filipino Women in U.S. Excel in Their Courses: Invade Business, Politics ." Some Filipinos believe that the term Pinoy was coined by Filipinos who came to the United States to distinguish themselves from Filipinos living in the Philippines . </P> <P> Filipinos in North America were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century . Mass migration did not begin until the early 20th century, when the Philippines was ceded from Spain to the United States in the Treaty of Paris . </P> <P> Filipino sailors were the first Asians in North America . The first recorded presence of Filipinos in what is now the United States dates back to October 1587 around Morro Bay, California, with the first permanent settlement in Louisiana in 1763, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century . Mass migration began in the early 20th century when, for a period following the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the Philippines was a territory of the United States . During the 1920s, a majority of Filipino workers who arrived in the United States lacked necessary training . </P>

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