Module 4 Flashcards
EARLY PHILIPPINE POLITIES - FACING CHANGES (1565-1872)
When was the first recorded Spanish settlement?
1565
What 2 events sparked the revolution movement in 1872?
Cavite Mutiny → GOMBURZA execution
European Age of Exploration & “Discovery”
Which countries were rising in maritime power in 15th - 16th century
Spain & Portugal
What was the motivation for the European exploration?
acquire trading routes/relationship w/ Spice Islands
What were the Spice Islands?
Maluku, Moluccas
What was the reason why Spain & Portugal cannot pass through Silk Road?
Spain & Portugal had religious conflicts with the Ottoman Empire
What was the direction of Portugal’s route to Spiced Islands?
Southeastern
When did Portugal arrive in Malacca?
1488
proceeded to control its strait
What strait did Portugal control for trading?
Malacca strait
What was the direction of Spain’s route to Spiced Islands?
West/southwestern
When did Spain fell in West Indies?
1942
Where did Spain unexpectedly landfell in 1942?
West Indies
What was used to manage spheres of influence of Spain & Portugal?
Demarcation Line
How was the first Demarcation Line set?
a hundred leagues from Spain into west of Cape Verde Islands
What and when was the first treaty for the demarcation line set?
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
What countries were in Portugal and Spain according to the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?
Portugal: East(south asia, sea)
Spain: West (north and south america)
What and when was the second treaty for the demarcation line set?
Treaty of Zaragoza (1529)
What changed in the Treaty of Zaragoza (1529)?
move line 370 leagues west
Brazil → Portugal (new world)
What was the reason for the Treaty of Zaragoza (1529)
Magellan’s discovery of PH (alternative route to Spice Islands)
What were the Spanish Expeditions towards PH?
Magellan-Elcano (1518 - 1521)
Loaisa (1525)
Cabot (1526)
Saavedra (1527)
Villalobos (1542 - 1546)
Legazpi (1564)
What and when was the first Spanish expedition to the PH archipelago?
Magellan - Elcano (1518 - 1521)
What is Ferdinand Magellan’s nationality? Why did he travel for Spain?
be specific
Portuguese native
turned to Spanish Crown for fund - King Charles V
Sailing westward to Moluccas (shorter) → rejected by King of Portugal
Where did the Magellan-El Cano Expedition first land?
Limasawa
What was the significant event in Limasawa?
first Catholic Mass
Where did Magellan continue after arriving in Limasawa? Who did he face?
Cebu
Lapu-Lapu
What was Lapu Lapu known for?
1st national hero
first native to resist colonization
What happened in the Battle of Mactan
Lapu-lapu’s forces defeated Magellan’s
Magellan’s demise
What led to Magellan’s demise?
Battle of Mactan
died in war
Who led the first expedition back to Spain after Magellan died?
Sebastian El Cano
Who was Sebastian El Cano?
First to circumnavigate the world along with other survivors
What ship survived the Magellan-El Cano Expedition?
Victoria
Who chronicled and documented the Magellan-El Cano Expedtion?
Antonio Pigafetta
Who is Antonio Pigafetta? What was his work?
Italian scholar and explorer
First Voyage Around the World
What was the direction of Magellan-El Cano’s expedition?
Westward
When was the Villalobos Expedition ?
1532 - 1546
Who led the Villalobos expedition?
Ruy de Villalobos
How many people were led by Ruy de Villalobos?
6 ships & 370 men
When did the Vilallobos Expedition depart and from where?
Mexico (November 1542)
What was Spain’s connection with Mexico?
Spain’s colony in America from 1565 - 1821
When and where in the Philippines did the Villalobos Expedition land?
eastern coast of Mindanao (1543)
What did Ruy de Villalobos & his men do once they reached Philippines?
Attempt to set up colony in Sarangani
What was Villalobos’s contribution to the PH?
Introduction of foreign crop (corn)
Why did Villalobos and his men eventually left PH?
due to extreme hunger and brute force from Portuguese in Maluku (Malay)
Resorted to eating dogs, cats, and rats
Who was Bernardo de la Torre?
one of the Villalobos’s commander
named Las Phelipinas
What part of the Philippines did Bernardo de la Torre name?
Tandaya/Kandaya (Leyte)
When and what did the Bernardo de la Torre name PH? For what reason?
Las Phelipinas (1543)
in honor of Prince Philip II
Who named Tandaya/Kanda Leyte as Las Phelipinas (1543)?
Bernardo de la Torre
When was the Legazpi-Urdaneta expedition?
1564
Who led the Legazpi-Urdaneta expedition?
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
How many people was led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi?
4 vessels & about 350 men
What happened when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi reached Cebu?
entered a blood compact (Sanduguan)
When and where did Legazpi, Si Katunaw, and Si Gala did the Sanduguan?
1565
Cebu
Who did Miguel Lopez de Legazpi enter a a blood compact with?
from where
Si Katunaw and Si Gala from Bohol
What was the Sanduguan for?
alliance and cooperation
What was the first Spanish town in PH?
Villa de San Miguel
What name replaced Villa de San Miguel? For what reason
Ciudad del Santissimo Nombre de Jesus
in honor of Santo Nino of Cebu
What were the specific instructions from Philip II for the Legazpi-Urdaneta expedition?
Bring back samples of PH-grown spices (alternative spices) to Mexico
Discover return route Mexico (through Pacific)
Not proceed to Maluku
What were the Legazpi-Urdaneta expedition not allowed to proceed to Maluku?
(under Portugese)
Treaty of Zaragosa
Who fulfilled the 2nd instruction from Philip II ?
Fr. Andres de Urdaneta
the chief pilot
What route was discovered as the return route Mexico which traversed the Pacific?
Urdaneta Passage
Why was the Urdaneta Passage only useable on certain months
Used seasonal winds (Kuroshio current) - dependent on months for seasons
What route was used by Galleon ships?
Urdaneta Passage
Why did Legazpi sent an exploratory mission towards the North? Who led this mission?
to find richer and fertile lands to settle
Spearheaded by de Martin de Goiti
What lands did the mission of Martin de Goiti reached but did not stay in? Why?
Panay Island & Negros - resources weren’t abundant
What place was abundant in resources did Martin de Goiti proceeded to?
Manila
What battle ensued once Spanish forces reached Manila?
Battle of Bangkusay
Where did the Battle of Bangkusay happen?
mouth of Pasig River
Who led the exising Islamic/Moro polities before the establishment of the Spanish city of Manila?
Rajahs Sulayman/Soliman, Lakandula and Matanda of Maynila and Tondo
Why did the Battle of Bangkusay happened?
Resistance of some forces though some cooperated - to establish peace
What the site of Fort Santiago before?
Sultanate of Manila
How did the Spanish defeated the natives in the Battle of Bangkusay?
canons
When was Manila established? What was its complete name?
1571
ciudad de Manila
What was Manila known as?
La insigne y siempre leal ciudad
“Distinguished and ever loyal city
Who was the first governor general of Manila? What was his title specifically?
Legazpi
Adelantado de Filipinas
“advanced general”
When did the construction of Intramuros, the walled city, start?
1571
What is the meaning of Intramuros? What did this mean?
“within the walls”
what was considered Manila only
extramuros - not manila
What was the council of clergies in Manila? What was its role for the city?
Synode of Manila
joining of church and state
What was the aim of Spain in conquering the PH? Be specific
3 Gs
God, Gold, Glory
What did Gold mean in Spain’s conquest ?
establishment of trading presence in Far East
What did God mean in Spain’s conquest ?
evangelization of the Christian faith in Asia
What did Glory mean in Spain’s conquest ?
expansion of its imperial rule
What was Spain’s method in conquering PH? How did it work?
Divide and rule / divide et impera
forming alliances (ie Si Katuna in Cebu, Macabebes) & battles (ie Rajah Suliman)
PH was already divided prior (geographically)
What was the Political Hierarchy of the Spanish Empire?
- El Rey (Spanish Crown)
- Consejo de las Indias (Council of the Indies)
- Viceroyalty of Nueva España (New Spain)
- Gobernador y Capitan-General (Governor and capitan general)
- Corregidor (Corregimiento)
- Alcalde Mayor (Alcadia)
- Gobernadorcillo (little governor)
- Cabeza de barangay
Where was the Consejo de las Indias (Council of the Indies) based ?
Spain
As a vice-real patron, what powers did the Gobernador y Capitan-General (Governor and capitan general) have?
Power over appointments of religious priest and bishops
Right to supervise missions
Where was the Viceroyalty of Nueva España (New Spain) based?
Mexico
Who ruled the PH archipelago under the power of the Spanish Crown
Gobernador y Capitan-General (Governor and capitan general)
Why can be implied due to the fact that Gobernador y Capitan-General was subjected under viceroyalty in Mexico
Spanish Crown indirectly ruled PH through Mexico