SPANISH REGIME REDUCCION SYSTEM Flashcards
barangays are scattered and are autonomous
Pre-colonial era
organized into fewer but larger, more compact towns as many barangays as the sound of the church bells can reach
Spanish Era
leader or chief of a barangay inherited from the first datus
Cabezas de Barangay, Teniente del Barrio in Spanish
Retain the – and privileges
honors
head of the town only the chief of a barangay could elect
Gobernadorcillo or Capitan Municipal
established in 1887 and opened in 1889
Manila School of Agriculture
-Theoretical and practical education to skilled farmers and overseers
-Promote agricultural development
-Professors were agricultural engineers
-Financed by the government but its direction was also left to the priests
SPANISH REGIME
AGRICULTURE
where Spanish colonizers largely depend for profits Trade with China
Galleon or Manila-Acapulco trade, 1565 to 1813
Brought to Latin America Chinese goods -> Brought back to –
Manila
silk and other cloths, porcelain and the like
<- – silver
Mexican
goods are brought for import and export, and for collection and distribution
Manila as the Entreport of the Orient
Filipinos hardly benefited
Direct participation was limited to Spanish inhabitants of Manila
Galleon or Manila-Acapulco trade, 1565 to 1813
–profited most from the trade
-Packers, middlemen, retailers and also provided services and other skills
-Neglect of – and mining and the decline of native handicrafts and industries in the Philippines
Chinese, agriculture