THE SPANISH COLONY

Question 1

The Philippines was part of the Spanish Empire for ____. During this long period ,native
societies ( especially in Luzon and Visayas) underwent a great
transformation; the islands were named Las Phelipinas by
Spanish voyagers.

Answer 1

more than
three centuries ( 333 years)

Question 2

in 1519, set sail from Spain with five ships to find a western route to Moluccas. Died in 1512, and Juan Sebastain Elcano went on to complete the mission, ultimately returning to Spain in September 1522 and circumnavigating the world

Answer 2

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 2

was a Portuguese sailor who defected to
Spain after his services to the Portuguese crown were not
properly recognized.
Ø He participated in actions during the capture of Malacca by the
Portuguese

Answer 2

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 3

The voyage started off from _____, navigated through
a strait located at the tip of the South American continent and
crossed the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean

Answer 3

San Lucar, Spain

Question 4

– a book written by Antonio
Pigafetta, chronicled the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan`s
expedition. This book is the longest and most comprehensive in
describing the encounters of the said expedition.

Answer 4

The First Voyage Around the World

Question 5

– the Spanish Fleet provided by King Charles
V, for Magellan’s expedition

Answer 5

Armada de Molucca

Question 6

After the
Battle of Mactan 2 ships survived, Victoria and Trinidad, however
only the ship Victoria was able to return to the Spanish soil

Answer 6

Out of the 5 ships, only 3 ships reached in the Philippine.

Question 7

– Victoria, the only ship survived and arrived at
Seville Spain

Answer 7

September 8, 1522

Question 8

• The voyage begins. Magellan and his crew depart from Sanlúcar de
  Barrameda, Spain, and cross the Atlantic to reach Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Answer 8

Sept. 20, 1519

Question 9

• Magellan and his crew sail southwestward and reach the Canary Islands to
  take in provisions. A fast-sailing ship overtakes him, bringing a message from his father-in-law
  who warns him of treachery among his men

Answer 9

Sept. 26, 1519

Question 10

• A mutiny breaks out. This is led by Quesada, the captain of Conception;
  Mendoza, captain of Victoria; and Cartagena, captain of San Antonio. Juan Sebastian de
  Elcano also participated. Magellan handles the situation and serves justice to the guilty.
  Quesada is executed, Cartagena and Father Sanchez de la Reyna are marooned on the
  coast. The 40 men who joined the mutiny, including Elcano, are pardoned

Answer 10

April 1, 1520

Question 11

• Magellan begins his trans-pacific voyage with only three ships.
  During the expedition, Magellan and his crew are lost in the Pacific for more than
  three months. The crew members go mad due to sickness and hunger that forces
  them to eat worms, rats, sawdust, and water-soaked leather. They suffer scurvy.
  Nineteen of his men die and 30 of them become very ill.

Answer 11

Nov. 28, 1520

Question 12

• After being lost in the Pacific for more than three months, Magellan
  sights an island in Samar . Some call this event the “discovery of the Philippines.”

Answer 12

March 16, 1521

Question 13

• for it was the feast day of St. Lazarus when they saw the
  towering heights of Samar

Answer 13

island Islas de San Lazaro

Question 14

• Magellan and his hungry crew are welcomed by our
  ancestors from the neighboring island of Saluan. They feed the foreigners
  bananas, fish coconuts, and palm wine

Answer 14

March 18, 1521

Question 15

Magellan lands in Masao, Butuan, Agusan Del Norte, which is
ruled by King Raha Kolambu. Upon Magellan’s arrival, Kolambu and his
brother are hunting. Kolambu welcomes Magellan.

Answer 15

March 28, 1521

Question 16

• A blood compact is made between Magellan and King
  Kolambu to seal their newfound friendship and brotherhood. This is the first
  blood compact recorded in the country

Answer 16

March 29, 1521

Question 17

• The Rajah of Butuan City, who made friends with the
  Spaniards

Answer 17

rajah Kolambu

Question 18

– first mass held in the island of the Philippines. It was led by
the troop of Magellan in the islands of Limawasa. Rajah Kolambu and Rajah
Siagu were present

Answer 18

March 31, 1521

Question 19

– an Italian who took part with the expedition and wrote the
book First voyage around the world

Answer 19

Antonio Pigafetta

Question 20

– Magellan and his men arrived in Cebu. He later on sent an
interpreter named Enrique, to meet Rajah Humabon the King of Cebu

Answer 20

April 7, 1521

Question 21

• the rulers of the
  islands of Cebu. Magellan was able to convinced them to become a vassal of
  the King and a servant of Christ.

Answer 21

Raja Humabon (Don Carlos) and Hara Amihan ( Queen Juana)

Question 22

– A mass is held in Cebu. After the mass, Magellan plants a wooden
cross that still exists today and is now known as the Magellan’s Cross. Hara
Amihan, the wife of Raha Humabon, is baptized along with 800 natives. Hara
Amihan is then named Queen Juana in honor of King Charles I’s mother, Juana.
Before her baptism, Queen Juana is presented with a small sculpture, the image
of the Santo Niño. This event marks the foundation of the Sinulog dances wherein
Queen Juana holds the Sto. Niño in her arms and blesses her people.

Answer 22

April 14, 1521

Question 23

– the chiefs of Mactan, wherein Magellan gets embroiled a
conflict and was eventually followed by a battle

Answer 23

Lapu-lapu and Zula

Question 24

a chieftain name Zula came to pay tribute to the
Spanish but claimed that he was prohibited because of Chieftain
Lapu-Lapu of Mactan.

Answer 24

April 26,1521-

Question 25

• Magellan invades Mactan with his army of 60
  Spaniards from the three vessels and 1,000 Cebuano warriors. His
  goal is to defeat Datu Lapu-Lapu. On this day, the battle of
  Mactan happens. Though Magellan and his men are armed, they
  are greatly outnumbered. Magellan is wounded in his right leg by
  a poison arrow and a bamboo spear is pierced to his face. Falling
  on his face, Magellan was tackled and killed by Lapu-Lapu’s men

Answer 25

April 27, 1521

Question 27

– The surviving Ship Victoria arrived at the Spanish port of San Lucar de Barrameda. Out of the 250 men only 18 returned to Spain.

Answer 27

September 6, 1522

Question 28

The man who had captained these survivors on their long journey home, however, was not Magellan—killed in the Philippines more than a year before—but a Basque seaman named .

Answer 28

Juan Sebastián Elcano

Question 29

one of the most powerful European monarch of his time, decided to relinquish his claims to the Moluccas to Portugal and colonize the the Philippines instead.

Answer 29

King Philip II

Question 30

– lead the expedition, he reached the islands of Samar on February 14, 1565, and travelled across the regions of central Visayas. He was also the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Answer 30

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Question 31

– the leader of Bohol who made a blood compact with Legazpi.

Answer 31

Sikatuna

Question 32

– Legazpi arrived in Cebu and defeated the Cebuanos and established settlement there calling it, Nombre de Jesus after a wooden image of the holy child was discovered by one of his men.

Answer 32

April 27, 1565

Question 33

The Spaniards established a colony, naming the settlements (Town of the Most Holy Name of Jesus) after an image of Sto. Niño in one of the native houses.

Answer 33

“Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesús”

Question 34

– was instructed by Legazpi to explore the northern region of Luzon. He found the port and town of Maynilad located along the mouth of the Pasig River.

Answer 34

Martin de Goiti

Question 35

– the Muslim chief of Maynilad, fought against the troop of Legazpi, they were defeated and Legazpi established the colony in Manila in 1571 where the colonists established their capital in a walled-city (Intramuros) on Manila Bay

Answer 35

Raja Soliman

Question 36

– Manila received this title from Spain, it eventually develop into a city walls of Intramuros where most of the Spanish colony.

Answer 36

Muy Insigne y Siempre Leal Ciudad (Eminent and Ever Loyal City)

Question 37

However, Legazpi died of heart failure a year later, on . He was laid to rest in San Agustin Church, Intramuros

Answer 37

20 August 1572

Question 38

• was a navigator whose discovery of a favourable west-to-east route across the Pacific made colonization of the Philippines and transpacific commerce possible.

Answer 38

Andrés de Urdaneta