Spaniards Colonization
I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world, came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later, other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s only colony in Asia. Spain initially had three principal objectives in colonizing the islands: to secure a share of the spice trade in the Moluccas, to provide a base from which to convert Asians to Christianity, and to convert the people of the Philippine Islands.
In the 17th century, Spain sovereignty over the Philippines colonize the Philippines has been fully established. They were able to for over 300 years. This brought great changes to Filipino culture from what it is before because of this many years of colonization of the Spaniards. II. Philippine Culture Before and During the Spanish Colonization A. Pre-Hispanic Culture of the Philippines 1. Government
The Filipinos lives in settlements called barangays before the colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards. As the unit of the government, a barangay consisted from 30 to 100 families. It was headed by the datu and was independent from the other group.
Usually, several barangays settled near each other to help one another in case of war or any emergency. The position of datu was passed on by the holder of the position to the oldest son or, if none, the eldest daughter. However any member of the barangay can be a cheiftein depending on one’s skills and capabilities.
2. Classes of Society
There were for classes of society. They were the datu (ruling class), maharlika (freeman and notable persons), timawa (commoners) and alipin (slaves). There were two types of alipin such as
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world, came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later, other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s only colony in Asia. Spain initially had three principal objectives in colonizing the islands: to secure a share of the spice trade in the Moluccas, to provide a base from which to convert Asians to Christianity, and to convert the people of the Philippine Islands.
In the 17th century, Spain sovereignty over the Philippines colonize the Philippines has been fully established. They were able to for over 300 years. This brought great changes to Filipino culture from what it is before because of this many years of colonization of the Spaniards. II. Philippine Culture Before and During the Spanish Colonization A. Pre-Hispanic Culture of the Philippines 1. Government
The Filipinos lives in settlements called barangays before the colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards. As the unit of the government, a barangay consisted from 30 to 100 families. It was headed by the datu and was independent from the other group.
Usually, several barangays settled near each other to help one another in case of war or any emergency. The position of datu was passed on by the holder of the position to the oldest son or, if none, the eldest daughter. However any member of the barangay can be a cheiftein depending on one’s skills and capabilities.
2. Classes of Society
There were for classes of society. They were the datu (ruling class), maharlika (freeman and notable persons), timawa (commoners) and alipin (slaves). There were two types of alipin such as