Spanish Colonial Rule (1600s-1800s)
Crown colony Union of church and state Propagation of the catholic faith -Augustinian order, came with Legazpi (1565) -Franciscan missionaries (1577) -Jesuits (1581) -Dominicans (1587) -Recollect missionaries (1606)
Introduction of printing
Effects on the Philippines: 1.slow economic development for the lower class -unequal economic growth in the whole archipelago
Effects on the Philippines: 2. Racial discrimination (White male supremacy) Spanish officials became rich despite their laziness; Spaniards from Spain went to Philippines to work as clerks and earned a lot of money despite loafing around Concept of beauty changed
Effects on the Philippines: 3. white-collar jobs started to be glorified; blue-collar jobs became distasteful and low income-earning - Spanish officials charged those Indios who refused to work as indolent
Effects on the Philippines: 4. Laid the ground for graft and corruption - Falla -encomienda -indulto de comercio
Effects on the Philippines: 5. Quarrels between Church representatives (Friars, etc.) and State representatives (Governor General, etc.) led to infighting and demoralization -divide and rule strategy of management was applied; regionalism began
Effects on the Philippines: 6. Indios stopped working as a silent protest against exploitation; left farming, fishing and other work to go to Manila and other places to try their luck -agricultural industry lagged behind
Effects on the Philippines: 7. Disparity in the economic and social life between rich and poor started -the culture where the alipin can intermarry with the nobles and freemen without question and can go up the class ladder easily started to change
Effects on the Philippines: 8. Cultural changes resulted to changes in the value system of the Indios -sense of honesty was marred -religion imposed subservience -sense of shame bordered between survival and hunger