Unit 6: Annotations of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas Flashcards
A Spanish historian and lawyer and a notable colonial official for 43 years in the Philippines
Antonio de Morga
The Deputy Governor who reestablished the audencia and took over the function of judge (“oidor”)
Antonio de Morga
Antonio de Morga stayed in the Philippines from […] to […]
1594-1604
Antonio de Morga published the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in […]
1609
The history stated in Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas is said to cover the years from […] to […]
1493-1603
Discussion in the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas deal with […], […], and […] phases of life of both native and colonizers
- political
- social
- economic
The Philippines was named after […]
King Philip II of Spain
The history in Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas was published in two volumes by […]
Casa de Geronymo Balli, Mexico City
The first English translation of the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas was published in […] in London
1868
Jose Rizal’s friend who recommended Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt
It was in […] where Jose Rizal finished and published his annotation of the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in […]
Paris
1890
Rizal’s 3 aims for working on Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
- Show that the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to Spanish conquest
- Awaken consciousness of the past
- Rectify what has been falsified and slandered
The Filipino who killed Rodriguez de Figueroa
Ubal
The early biographers of Rizal who translated into English some of his important annotations in the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
A. Craig
The first envoy from the Philippines to take up with the King of Spain the needs of the Archipelago
Capt. Gabriel de Rivera
Morga calls this place “The City of the Most Holy Name of Jesus”
Cebu
The southern islands which were also called “Pintados” in Spanish because the natives had their bodies decorated with tracings made with fire
Bisayas
The grandson of Legaspi who won the admiration of the Filipinos and who saved Manila from Li Ma-hong
Salcedo
True or False
Rizal fastidiously annotated every chapter of the Sucesos, commenting even on Morga’s typographical error
True
True or False
The “pacification of Kagayan” was accomplished by taking advantage of the jealousies among its people, particularly the rivalry between two brothers who were chiefs
True
True or False
Death has always been the first sign of European civilization on its introduction in the Atlantic Ocean
False
True or False
Governor Morga was not only the first to write but also the first to publish a Philippine history
True
True or False
In Morga’s time, the Philippines exported silk to Japan, where now comes the best quality of that merchandise
True
True or False
Cebu, Panay, Luzon, Mindoro, and some others cannot be said to have been conquered
True
True or False
The Pampangans drew a pattern on the skin before starting a tattoo
False
True or False
The Spaniards say that the Filipinos have contributed nothing to Mother Spain, and that it is the islands which owe everything
True
True or False
Filipinos were correct in calling their dependents slaves
False
True or False
Through the annotation of Morga’s Sucesos, Rizal proved and showed that the Philippines had been an advanced civilization prior to the Spanish conquest
True
The 6 characteristics of the Philippine civilization prior to Spanish colonization
- judicial and legislative government system
- high literacy rate
- proficient in the art of war and artillery
- trade and diplomacy with countries as far as the Middle East
- self-sufficient
- advanced civilization
Jose Rizal’s 3 propositions in his annotations of the Sucesos
- Filipinos had a culture of their own
- Filipinos were exploited and ruined by Spanish colonization
- The Philippines in the present was not superior to its past
