Module 1: The World and Philippines of Rizal's Time Flashcards
A liberal that issued a proclamation emancipating 22,500,000 serf to appease the rising discontent of the Russian masses on February 19, 1861.
Czar Alexander II
They were raging furiously in the United States over the issue of Negro slavery in June 19, 1861.
American Civil War
When did President Lincoln issue the famous Emancipation Proclamation the frees the Negro slaves?
September 22, 1861
A full-blooded Zapotec Indian that was elected President of Mexico in June 1, 1861.
Benito Juarez
He desire to secure a colonial stake in Latin America so he sent French troops which invaded and conquered Mexico.
Emperor Napoleon III of the Second French Empire
The puppet emperor of Mexico at Mexico City on June 12, 1864 that was installed by Napoleon III to consolidate his occupation of Mexico.
Archduke Maximilian of Austria
The battle that defeated Maximilian’s French forces after the end of the American Civil War with US support on May 15, 1867.
Battle of Queretaro
Date of execution of Emperor Maximilian.
June 19, 1867
The army of Count Cavour and of Garibaldi that drove out the Austrians and French armies from Italy and proclaimed the Kingdom of Italy under Kind Victor Emmanuel.
Army of “Red Shirts”
The “Iron Chancellor” that led Prussians in defeating France in the Franco-Prussian War and established the German Empire on January 18, 1871.
Otto von Bismarck
The first President in the Third French Republic when Emperor Napoleon III’s Second French Empire collapsed.
Adolf Thiers
The first Kaiser of the German Empire.
King Wilhelm of Prussia
The dynasty of the tottering Chinese Empire where Britain won over acquiring the island of Hong Kong in the First Opium War.
Manchu dynasty
The peninsula opposite Hong Kong that Britain won over in the Second Opium War.
Kowloon Peninsula
The war that made Britain conquer over the Burma.
Three Anglo-Burmese Wars
The name of federated colony of countries Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos conquered by France.
French Indochina
The country that were unable to expand westward to Europe, turned eastward to Asia, conquering Siberia and later occupied Kamchatka, Kuriles, and Alaska.
Czarist Russia
How much did the Russia sold Alaska to the US?
$ 7,200,000
The 5,800-mile that was reputed to the the world’s longest railroad linking Vladivostok and Moscow.
Trans-Siberian Railway
He reopened Japan to the world on July 8, 1853 under the command of the American squadrom.
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
A Japanese emperor that modernized the country by freely accepting Western influences, including imperialism.
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito)
The war where Japan won over China and grabbing Formosa (Taiwan), Pescadores, and annexed Korea.
Sino-Japanese War
The country that became a sovereign state in January, 1871 and was late in the scramble for colonies in Asia and Africa.
Germany
A German warship that entered the harbor of Yap on August 25, 1885.
Ilties
The Spanish governor of the Carolines that was present in the Yap island, during the invasion of Germany, but did not offer resistance to the German aggression.
Don Enrique Capriles
A Manila galleon pilot that discovered the island of Yap who named it “Carolina” in honor of King Charles II.
Francisco Lezcano
The pope where the Spain and Germany submitted the Caroline Question for arbritation.
Pope Leo XIII
When did Pope Leo XIII issued his decision to the Carolina Question?
October 22, 1885
Rizal’s friend in Barcelona whom he visited during the Hispano-German imbroglio over the Carolines.
Maximo Viola
The owner of the newspaper La Publicidad where Rizal wrote an article about the Carolina Question.
Don Miguel Morayta
The age of Spanish period that was gone with the winds when they were stagnated as a world power.
Siglo de oror (Golden Age)
11 Evils of Spain in Philippines
- Instability of Colonial Administration
- Corrupt Officialdom
- No Philippine representation in the Spanish Cortes
- Human Rights denied to Filipinos
- No Equality before the Law
- Maladministration of Justice
- Racial Discrimination
- Frailocracy
- Forced Labor
- Haciendas
- Guardia Civil
A boastful and ruthless governor general that aroused the anger of the Filipinos by executing the innocent GomBurZa.
General Rafael de Izquierdo
3 Fathers named as the “Martyrs of 1872.”
- Mariano Gomez
- Jose Burgos
- Jacinto Zamora
Izquierdo’s successor that was a good Moro fighter but was an inept and weak administrator.
Admiral Jose Malcampo
The governor general for two terms that enriched himself by accepting bribes from gambling casinos in manila which he scandalously permitted to operate.
General Fernando Primo de Rivera
A cruel and corrupt governor general of Hispanic-German ancestry that arrived in Manila a poor man and returned to Spain a millionaire.
General Valeriano Weyler
An able militarist but a heartless governor general that was widely detested by the Filipino people for executing Rizal.
General Camilo de Polavieja
A Spanish writer and government official that bewailed the obnoxious fact that ignorant and lackeys were appointed provincial governors.
Tomas de Comyn
The first Philippine delegate in the Cortes that took active part in the framing of the Constitution of 1812.
Ventura de los Reyes
The Spain’s first democratic constitution and was one of its 184 signers.
Constitution of 1812
The silver-tongue that implored in sonorous Castilian on October 12, 1883 during the 391st anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus in Madrid.
Graciano Lopez Jaena
It paved the way for the Philippines Revolution of 1896.
Propaganda Movement
A Spanish economist and diplomat who wrote about inconsistency of Spain by lamentation.
Sinibaldo de Mas
It was promulgated by the Christian monarchs of Spain to protect the rights of the natives in Spain’s overseas colonies and to promote their welfare.
Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indie)
It was enforced in the Philippines particularly imposed heavier penalties on native Filipinos or mestizos and lighter penalties on white-complexioned Spaniards.
The Spanish Penal Code
The professor that wrote to Rizal in 1887 about the Spanish Penal Code.
Ferdinand Blumentritt
A British eyewitness of the last years of Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines.
John Foreman
The innocent civilian that was jailed in June 7, 1886 and was found in the jail by the Americans after the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 still waiting for his trial.
Juan de la Cruz
The name of the Spaniards to the pure Filipinos.
Indios
The Filipinos term to pale-complexioned detractors Spaniards.
Bangus (Milkfish)
A Filipino clergy that bewailed the Spanish misconception that a man’s merit depended on the pigment of his skin, the height of his noes, the color of his hair, and the shape of his skull.
Father Jose Burgos
A unique form of government of Hispanic Philippines that arose to owe the Spanish political philosophy of union of Church and State.
Frailocracy
The compulsory labor imposed by the Spanish colonial authorities on adult Filipinos males in the construction of churches, schools, hospitals, and others.
Polo
A sum of money paid to the government to be exempted from the polo.
Falla
The governor that strongly recommended to the Madrid government the sale of the friar estates.
Governor Simon de Anda y Salazar
Rizal’s famous essay where he wrote about the friar ownership of the productive lands contributed to the economic stagnation of the Philippines during the Spanish period.
Sobre la Indolencia de los Filipinos
The hated symbol of Spanish tyranny which was created by the Royal Decree of February 12, 1852 as amended by the Royal Decree of March 2, 1886.
Guardia Civil
It explains the product of of our own history.
Contextual Analysis of our History
3 Great Revolution in 19th Century
- Industrial Revolution
- The French Revolution
- The American Revolution
It started in invention of steam engine and use of machinery in manufacturing cities of Europe resulting in people being laid off and replaced by industrial expenses.
Industrial Revolution
It started political revolution in Europe and other parts of the world and stated that people has capacity to overthrow despotic government.
The French Revolution
It is where colonies rejected British’s parliament authority to govern representations and the need for the people to be put into mainstream.
The American Revolution
The rise of social science where reliance on human nature is prioritized rather than religion.
Age of Enlightenment
The route where the travel between Philippines and Europe was shortened thus closer to Spain.
Suez Canal
How many parliaments did the Spanish has during colonization in the Philippines?
28
How many constitutions did the Spanish has during colonization in the Philippines?
4
How many Spanish ministers are there in the Philippines during colonizations?
529
