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an infographics by Cyrine Denise C. Castillo

1. DATU: “the chiefs”

C ULTU R E
2. MAHARLIKA: “the nobles”
3. TIMAWA: ”the freemen”
soc i a l
4. ALIPIN: “the slaves”
classes
Peninsulares: Full-blooded Ilustrados: “The Enlightened
Spanish born in Spain, living Ones”; wealthy individuals
in the Philippines who were able to study
abroad.
Insulares: Full-blooded Insulares/
Spanish born in the Peninsulares Chinese/Spanish
Philippines, living in Mestizos: mixed
the Philippines Ilustrados racial origins and
are economically
Indios: Natives/ sufficient.
Chinese/Spanish Mestizos
Full-blooded
Filipinos
mode of dressing Indio/Sangley

The Blessed Virgin Mary

Spanish was the official
ayin

served as the Spanish

language of the Philippines from
Colonial-Era Filipina Model.
Bayb

The patriarchal society was the beginning of Spanish rule in

established. the late 16th Century.

In marriage, the groom’s

family traditionally pays for Spanish colonizers
the wedding and succeeded in introducing
grandparents act as Christianity to the
witnesses or sponsors. Philippines.

The existing literature during pre-colonial period was mainly oral

consisting of epics, legends, songs, riddles, and proverbs.

All literature pieces found were destroyed by the conquistador. This was a
strategy to undermine the native oral tradition by substituting for it the story of the
Passion of Christ.

PO e c ono m i c
The Spanish King life
LI
delegated his authority to
the Governor General MANILA-ACAPULCO GALLEON TRADE
and then he would do the o Manila served as the trade center in

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Asia through the Galleon Trade.
implementation of the
o Buy and Sell
policies in the colony.

I Spain established a more

BOLETA
o Ticket entitling a person to ship goods
to Mexico.

C centralized colonial
government, composed of: LAISSEZ-FAIRE
o Philippines became the largest

S
1. National Government tobacco producing country in Asia.
2. Local Governments