OUR COUNTRY AS REPORTED BY:

JOYCE GRACE
COLONY OF SPAIN PALASAN
PHILIPPINES UNDER
SPANISH REGIME
Spain established one central government in
the Philippines. Thus, for the first time in our
history, we became united as one nation and
called “FILIPINAS”.

The Philippines was a colony of Spain for 333

years from 1565-1893.
The island archipelagos of Guam, the
Marianas, Caroline, and the Palau’s in the
south Pacific were included in Philippines
territory during Spanish times.

Most of Mindanao and Sulu were excluded.

Interior mountain regions of Luzon and

Visayas were excluded.
MAP OF THE
PHILLIPINES
DURING
SPANISH
ADVENT
CIRCA 1521 -
1624
 CHRISTIANIT Y AND SPANISH
COLONIZATION
 The Spaniards were able to keep the Philippine as a
colony because most of the Filipinos became
Christians.
 Filipinos were attracted to Christianity because of
the three reasons:
o The message of Christianity appealed to the
people.
o Filipinos life was approved by Christianity
o The missionaries helped the soldiers in conquest
and pacification of the Philippines.
 CHURCH ORGANIZATION

CIVIL
GOVERNMENT/
ARCHBISHOP BISHOPS
CHURCH
ORGANIZATION

PARISH PRIEST PRIEST

 THE POWER OF CHURCH

Union of church and state:

oPractice allowing only one religion in the
country.
oBecause of this union of the church and state,
the catholic priests then had the great
influence in government.
oUntil 1764, the archbishop could act as the
temporary governor-general.
❖Archbishop Manuel Rojo (1762-1764)
 WHAT DO FRAILE’S DO?

CONFESSOR

TAX PREACHER
COLLECTOR

FRAILE

LAW ELECTION
ENFORCER INSPECTOR

REGISTRAR
OF DEEDS
 THE ONLY CHRISTIAN NATION:

Spaniards used the Philippines as the military

base and mission centre to spread Spanish
power and Christianity to other Asian
countries. Although they failed to kept the
Philippine as a mission field.

The Philippines was the spiritual light of Asia

as far back as the 16 th century.
 WHY SPAIN KEPT THE PHILIPPINES?

This obligation was first found in the last will

and statement of Queen Isabel, the greatest
queen of Spain in 1504.

Her grandson, Philip II of Spain told his

advisers that he would not abandon the
Philippines, even if it was a heavy burden on
the economy.
 GOVERNMENT DEBTS

Since the beginning of the Spanish rule, the

colonial government in the Philippines
suffered debts year and out. The government
debts due to two reasons:
I. Government officials were dishonest
II. The ordinary people lacked cooperation
and loyalty to the State.
 MONARCHY UNDER SPAIN

KING OF SPAIN

SPANISH VICEROY
IN MEXICO
SPANISH
ARCHBISHOP
ROYAL
SPANISH GOVERNOR
AUDIENCES
GENERAL IN MANILA
BISHOPS
PROVINCIAL CITY
ALCALDES-MAYOR ALCALDES
PARISH
PRIESTS
GOBERNOCILLOS
CABEZAS DE
BARANGAY
 HISTORICAL VALUES

From our study of why the Spaniards came to

the Philippines, we learn the following lesson
of history:
i. A brave and determined hero can change
the history of the world.
ii. If the Portuguese or Dutch had colonized
Philippines, we would have a harder time.
iii.The Filipino lost the Spain because they
were not united.
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