P2 | THE PHILIPPINES IN THE 19TH CENTURY AS RIZAL’S CONTEXT Flashcards
**Conditions of the Country before the birth of Jose Rizal
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- More than 300 years of Spanish suppressive colonial rule
- Several attempts, through revolts or uprisings, by the natives to drive the foreign rulers away were all futile
- The lack of unity and nationalism seemed to be the culprit
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
- Polo
- Tribute
- Encomienda
- Isolation Policy
- Divide and rule
- Frailocracy
- Patronato Real (Royal Patronage)
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
The enforced or compulsory manual labor required for every male native between 16 to 60 years of age
Polo
refers to the payment exacted by anyone to be exempted from work
FALLA
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
Tax imposed on every individual or family to pay to the colonial government as a symbol of vassalage to Spain
- It came in the form of produce or money.
TRIBUTE
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
- A system of landholding wherein individuals loyal to Spain were granted land as trustees
- The first government system adopted by Spain in the islands
- This system is based on land occupation entrusted to private persons who contributed to the conquest of the islands, the Catholic Church and the royal government.
Encomienda
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
The natives were banned from engaging in any form of intercourse with their Asian neighbors.
Isolation Policy
the Philippines was secluded from the rest of Asia and trade was confined to the (____)
- the Mexico-Philippines exchange
GALEON TRADE
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
The colonizers provoked the natives to fight among themselves thus, strengthening their hold of power
* The principle of disuniting the people (making them go against each other) in order to govern them more effectively.
DIVIDE AND RULE
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
- The rule of the friars or the clergy
- Resulted to grave abuses among civilians.
- Most abusers were the “____” (parish priests)
FRAILOCRACY
- “cura paroco”
Policies imposed by the Colonizers
The unity of Spain and the Catholic Church.
* This system puts the Church under the authority of the government as agreed by both the king and the Pope.
This gave the clergy national and local political authority referred to as “frailocracy”
Patronato Real (Royal Patronage)
Events leading to the change of system of Government
- Intellectual Revolution (Enlightenment)
- Industrial Revolution
- Age of Explorations and Discoveries
- The Opening of the Philippines to World Trade
The Philippines was discovered by () under the () expedition on (____)
- Portugist; rendered his service to Portugal
- Explores not conquero
- Spain
- Ferdinand Magellan
- March 17, 1521
He was sent by King Charles I
competing on claims over the Moluccas and the Philippine
Islands
Spain and Portugal
the Spaniards were only able to return to the Philippines in 1543 under the expedition of () who named the islands as “____”
- Ruy Lopez de Villalobos
- Filipinas
cannot have physical attribute; 80 years old
that time.
* Symbolizes “warrior-type”
Lapu-lapu