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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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