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    The document outlines the colonial government structure of the Philippines under Spanish rule. At the top was the King of Spain, followed by the Governor-General who oversaw the Archbishop of Manila, Corregidores, Alcaldes Mayores, Gobernadorcillos and Alcaldes Ordinarios. Society was stratified into Español, Mestizo and Indio. The economy relied on the polo y servicio system of forced labor, as well as taxation of the natives. Key industries included the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade and agricultural quotas.

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    The document outlines the colonial government structure of the Philippines under Spanish rule. At the top was the King of Spain, followed by the Governor-General who oversaw the Archbishop of Manila, Corregidores, Alcaldes Mayores, Gobernadorcillos and Alcaldes Ordinarios. Society was stratified into Español, Mestizo and Indio. The economy relied on the polo y servicio system of forced labor, as well as taxation of the natives. Key industries included the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade and agricultural quotas.

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    The document outlines the colonial government structure of the Philippines under Spanish rule. At the top was the King of Spain, followed by the Governor-General who oversaw the Archbishop of Manila, Corregidores, Alcaldes Mayores, Gobernadorcillos and Alcaldes Ordinarios. Society was stratified into Español, Mestizo and Indio. The economy relied on the polo y servicio system of forced labor, as well as taxation of the natives. Key industries included the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade and agricultural quotas.

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    Colonial Govt.

    Visita
    Cortes
    King of Spain Residencia
    (LEGISLATURE)

    Insigne y siempre leal Ciudad de Manila


    Ministerio de Ultramar
    Distinguished and ever loyal city of Manila (OVERSEAS MINISTRY)

    Audiencia Real
    Archbishop of Manila Gobernador-General
    (SUPREME COURT)
    Decreto Superior Cumplase

    Corregidor Alcalde Mayor


    (CORREGIMIENTO) (ALCALDIA / PROVINCE)
    Indulto de Comercio

    Gobernadorcillo Alcalde Ordinario


    (PUEBLO / TOWN) (AYUNTAMIENTO / CITY)

    Cabeza de Barangay
    (BARANGAY / VILLAGE)
    Society
    • REDUCCION – resettlement plan conceived by Franciscan
    priest Fr. JUAN DE PLACENSIA in 1582.

    • ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM (Sp. “encomendar” – to entrust) –


    special grant by the King of Spain to meritorious
    Spaniards to exercise control over a place & its
    inhabitants.

    • SOCIAL STRUCTURE
    1. ESPAÑOL (Spaniard)
    1.1. PENINSULARES (Born in Spain)
    1.2. INSULARES / FILIPINO (Born in the Philippines)
    2. MESTIZO (Mixed Race)
    3. INDIO (Native)
    • ROYAL DECREE (AUG. 9, 1589) King Philip II
    instructed Gov-Gen Gomez Perez Dasmariñas to
    abolish all forms & practices of slavery in the
    Philippines.

    • PAPAL BULL (APR. 18, 1591) Pope Gregory XIV


    warned any Catholic of excommunication if
    continuously practicing slavery.
    • Slavery abolished by British (1833), French
    (1848), Dutch (1858), US (1865)
    Economy

    • POLO y SERVICIO (Tag. “pulong” – meeting) –


    forced manual labor by a POLISTA (drafted
    laborer) w/ compensation instituted in 1580.
    Also called PRESTACION PERSONAL.
    • 40 dys/yr (reduced to 15 dys/yr in 1884)
    • Males
    • Able-bodied Indio / Chinese mestizo
    • 16 – 60 y/o
    • Exempted by paying the FALLA (Sp. “falta” –
    absence) 1 & ½ real or 2 & ½ pesos a day
    Economy

    • BANDALA (from Tagalog word


    “mandala” – stalk of rice) 1600-1782,
    first implemented by Gov-Gen.
    SEBASTIAN HURTADO DE CORCUERA
    • Annual quotas on assigned products.
    • Compulsory sale of assigned products to the govt.
    • GOVT. MONOPOLY (1782 – 1882)
    • Agrarian economic policy of Gov-Gen. JOSE BASCO
    • TAXATION w/o REPRESENTATION
    • Tributo (tribute)
    • Cedula replaced the tributo in 1884
    Economy
    • GALLEON TRADE
    (1565 – 1815)
    • monopoly
    maritime
    trade
    between
    MANILA to
    ACAPULCO,
    MEXICO.

    The last galleon from Manila arrived
    in Acapulco in 1811, while the last to
    sail from Acapulco for Manila was in
    1815.
    EL BANCO ESPANOL FILIPINO DE
    ISABEL II established in1851 is
    now BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE
    ISLANDS
    Piece of Eight (PESO)
    • 8 REALES Silver Coin

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