Rizal of 19th Century Philippines Flashcards
- also known in New Spain as ‘ La Nao de la China’(The China Ship) because it carried largely Chinese goods, shipped from Manila.
Galleon Trade (Kalakalang Galyon)
- opening of the — in 1869 relatively became an easy passage between Spain and the Philippines for Spanish
Trading.
Suez Canal
In —-, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the former French consul to Cairo secured an agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build canal 100 miles across the Isthmuz of Suez.
1854
the Suez Canal was opened to navigation.
November 17, 1869
in —- the crown abolished the Royal
Company of the Philippines and formally
recognized free trade, opening the port
Manila to unrestricted foreign commerce.
1834
government monopoly on tobacco
had been abolished in —-?
1880
it had been produced and refined using
crude methods at least as early as the beginning
of the eighteenth century.
Sugarcane
described by a modern writer as
“a one-man whirlwind of entrepreneurial and
technical innovation”
Nicholas Loney
he is the owners of the sugar
plantations
Sugar Barons
On March 1, 1782, Spanish governor-general
—— established the tobacco
monopoly as his economic program.
Jose V. Basco
these provinces were ordered to plant tobacco.
The provinces of Cagayan Valley, Ilocos
Provinces, Nueva Ecija, and Marinduque
The Philippines became known globally
as the largest ——– in Asia.
Tobacco-producing country
a Frenchman conducted a profitable business in Manila
Sebir (1787)
a Spanish writer, in his book published in Madrid 1820, mentioned an unnamed English merchant who left the Philippines in 1798 after living in Manila for 20 years during which he became rich.
Tomas de Comyn(1798)
an American businessman, and his younger brother Henry, arrived in Manila, engaged in business, and founded the Hubbell Company
George W. Hubbell (1821)
