political system during the spanish occupation
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Political System during the Spanish Occupation. Reported by Group 2: Feliciano, Angelo, Barril , Tongoy , Soriano 1-SLP . Encomienda. “ encomendar ” - to commend or to commit to one’s care. Originally a feudal institution in Spain to reward deserving Spaniards. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Political System during the Spanish Occupation
Reported by Group 2: Feliciano, Angelo, Barril, Tongoy, Soriano
1-SLP
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Encomienda•“encomendar” - to commend or to commit
to one’s care
•Originally a feudal institution in Spain to reward deserving Spaniards.
•Was introduced by the Spanish Crown to attract others to settle in the colonies
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Encomienda in the Philippines•It was an administrative unit for the purpose of exacting tribute from the natives and to use the personal services of the King’s vassals in the encomienda.
•It was looked upon by its beneficiaries as a pretense for slavery.
•It became the tool of oppression and depression of the by the encomenderos.
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Encomendero
•Undertook ways to look after the well-being of his people
•Educated the people with Spanish norms of conduct
•Authorized to collect tribute from natives
•Recruited workers for Polo y Servicio
•Received about 1/4 of the tribute collected
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Corregimientos vs Alcaldia-Mayor
CORREGIMIENTOS Not been completely
‘Pacified’ Corregidores Places resistant to the
Spanish rule
ALCALDE-MAYOR ‘pacified’ by the
Spanish government Alcalde-mayor• To collect tax• To enforce the law• Dispensed justice• Given the privilage
of INDULTO DE COMERCIO (the privilage to engage in trade)
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Thomas de Comyn
• A Spanish social scientist• One of the authors of “The Former Philippines
Thru Foreign Eyes”• Described that the office of alcalde-mayor as:
Model of graft and corruption Inefficiency brought about inexperienced men
governing the provincesSome had little or no background at all to execute
their varied responsibilities
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Organization of the Provinces
Alcaldia-Mayor
Pueblo
Barangay
barangay
Pueblo
barangay
gobernadorcillo
Cabeza de barangay
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Gobernadorcillo• This position is open to Filipinos• This was first occupied by pre-colonial chieftains
and their descendants and later elected by an electoral board consisting of the outgoing gobernadorcillo and 12 members of the principalia
• Principalia- prominent land-owning and propertied citizens who could read, write and speak Spanish
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Cabeza de Barangay
• They were the ones who collected tributes when the encomienda system was still imposed.
• An appointed office
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The Governor General
• The king appoints the governor general• Acts as the chief executive, the commander-
in-chief of the military forces of the colony, the vice-royal patron
• His term usually lasts for 2 years and 10 months
• This office is often bought or granted as a favor
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The Governor General as the vice-royal patron
• He has the power to – Recommend priests in parishes– Authority to intervene in controversies between
religious authorities– Reject or suspend the implementation of any royal
decree or law from Spain (known as the Cumplase power)
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How do they check the gubernatorial power?
•AUDENCIA ROYAL• To act as the Supreme court of the colony also
served as advisory body to the governor and audited the expenditures of the government.
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•RESIDENCIA• To conduct a trial of an outgoing governor
general and other Spanish officials for the purpose of punishing those guilty of corruption.
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•VISITADOR-GENERAL• To check the behavior of the high officials in
the colony
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•ARCHBISHOP AND CLERGY
• Who were appointed by the Pope upon the reccommendation of the king.
SUBORDINATE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND INFLUENTIAL PRIVATE CITIZENS
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TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
• A situation in which a government imposes taxes on a particular group of its citizens, despite the citizens not consenting or having an actual representative deliver their views when the taxation decision was made.
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• DIRECT taxes – personal tributes and income tax
• INDIRECT taxes – custom duties and bandalâ
• MONOPOLIES (rentas estancadas) of special crops and items – e.g. liquors, betel nut, tobacco, explosives, opium
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Buwis (tribute) – may be paid in cash or kind, partly or whollyPalay or tobacco, chickens, textiles, wax and special regional
produce (depends on area of country)
o Samboangan/donativo de Zamboanga – one half of real (rice) that was collected
To crush the Moro raids and vinta to equip vintas to shield the coastal areas of Bulacan and Pampanga
Tax exemptions – descendants of Filipino chiefly class (conquistadores), laborers of the arsenal and artillery yard (Cavite), mediquillos (Filipinos who had medical experience but no title)
Bandalâ – assignments of annual quotas to each province for the compulsory sale of products to the government
Cedula personal (personal identity paper) – equivalent to the present residence tax; everyone, over 18 yrs. of age was required to pay
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GAME!
• 4 x 4 BOARD• 3 questions per topic• 1 topic will have an extra question