Spanish Period The Spanish Period (1565-1898) was believed to have started during the time of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi‚ the first Governor-General in the Philippines. He was responsible for establishing peace with various indigenous tribes. During his time‚ many changes happened to the Filipinos. Literature‚ religion‚ lifestyles‚ societal classes and the like was taken into the Philippines. Regarding Philippine literature‚ the Spaniards have exerted a strong influence using their own literature
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was asked to do a 1:1 with a child that only speak spanish in the school that I have visited twice. When I got there the child was sitting in the classroom couch watching the ceiling with another of the child in the classroom. I was instructed to assist the child to work in their homework‚ however the child replied no I don’t want to do anything (in spanish). The child was playing with one of the Ipads in the classroom. I asked the child (in spanish) when he wants to do homework or a least try to
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Spanish colonization The invasion of the Filipinos by Spain did not begin in earnest until 1564‚ when another expedition from New Spain‚ commanded by Miguel López de Legaspi‚ arrived. Permanent Spanish settlement was not established until 1565 when an expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi‚ the first Governor-General of the Philippines‚ arrived in Cebu from New Spain. Spanish leadership was soon established over many small independent communities that previously had known no central rule. Six
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Like all the Mexican peoples‚ the Aztecs worshiped a multitude of gods‚ each of whom demanded offerings and sacrifices. Above all‚ the Aztecs considered themselves the chosen people of HUITZILOPOCHTLI‚ the sun and war god‚ in whose name they were destined to conquer all rival nations. Huitzilopochtli shared the main temple at Tenochtitlan with Tlaloc‚ the rain god‚ important to the farmers in a land where drought was a constant threat. Another important god was QUETZALCOATL‚ the feathered serpent
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Philippine literature in Spanish Period. Spanish occupied Philippinesin early 15th century. The First Filipino alphabet is Alibata – when Spanish colonized Philippinesthey changed alibatas into Roman alphabet. Spanish banned the used of Alibata because they believed that it is a work of evil. So Spanish fully introduced the Spanish literary language using many Spanish terms. The European literature was brought by the Spaniards and are assimilated in Filipino song and indigeneous themes. The early
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Spanish Cuisine The earliest settlers of Spain include the Iberians‚ the Celts‚ and the Basques groups. Then the Phoenicians came‚ who were later followed by the Greeks‚ who ruled Spain until they were defeated by the Romans. The last of the settlers to arrive were armies of Arabs and Berbers‚ whom were called Moors. Fascinated with water‚ they developed irrigation systems and planted citrus and almond trees in eastern and southern Spain. The Phoenicians arrived from the Mediterranean and brought
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extremes (including killing) to have their empire‚ the glory‚ that they wanted so badly to have. “The story of the Spanish warriors…is also a story of remarkable brutality and greed. The conquistadores subjugated and‚ in some areas (through a combination of warfare and disease)‚ almost exterminate the native populations. In this horrible way‚ they made possible the creation of a vast Spanish empire in the New World.” (17). The English were motivated to go to the New World in order to find a new life and
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Aztec vs Incan Religion Patrick Sklenka Throughout the history of the Americas‚ several different civilizations ruled‚ all with their own unique religions and ways. Yet none were as unique as the Incans and the Aztecs. The Aztec Empire was located in central Mexico. The Aztecs ruled from 950 C.E to 1520 C.E. They built large pyramids as temples to their gods and went to war to capture other people so they could sacrifice them to their gods. The Aztecs also devoted an entire calendar to date the times
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The Spanish conquistadors’ motives greatly affected the people living in the new world. These motives influenced the Native Americans in all different ways some ways better or bigger than others. Three of the biggest motives that effected the Native Americans were gold‚ Christianity‚ and glory. The first Spanish conquistadors’ motive that greatly affected the people living in the new world was the search for gold. You can see that this was a big motive by looking in documents two and three. In
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PRE-SPANISH LITERATURE Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines‚ the Filipinos already had their own culture. It was similar in some aspects to that of the Malays but was enriched through their contact with other Asians like the Chinese and the Japanese and with the people India and some Arab countries. According to the early missionaries‚ the Filipinos had their own alphabet. The early Filipinos wrote on clay‚ barks of trees‚ bamboo tubes or palm leaves – materials that were easily
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