ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF TAGUM, INC.

Tagum City, Davao del Norte

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TASK 1

Objective: Discuss the effects of Spanish Colonization in the Philippines.

Instruction: Discuss the effects of Spanish colonization in the Philippines in terms of the
following: (40 Points)

1. CULTURE
Spain ruled over the Philippines From 1565 to 1898. For 333 years, the Spaniards dominated
the Filipinos. That is why Spaniards affect the Cultures of us Filipinos. Filipinos have different
languages used from the other regions, tribes, and languages, includes Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilocano,
Ilonggo, Bikolano, and English, all of which are 90 percent Austronesian languages contain up to
several Spanish loanwords. The Philippines still ultimately attained its entire languages and culture
despite years of colonial rule. Somehow, Philippine Spanish is a variant of standard Spanish spoken
in the Philippines. It is a Spanish dialect of the Spanish language. Chavacano, a Spanish-based
creole, is expressed in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao, Cotabato in Mindanao, Cavite in Luzon,
etc. Therefore, Filipino languages are somewhat effects in the culture and civilization of the Filipinos
from Spaniards Colonization.

2. RELIGION
Religion played a massive part in Spanish settlements in that it was the social stick that held
a compromise together. Many native Filipinos eventually embraced Catholicism as a result of Spanish
colonial rule, at least on the surface. Massive trade cities, such as Manila and Cebu, were heavily
influenced by Spanish colonization. As time passed, Catholic theology gradually embraced or
imposed upon the Filipinos. Still, not all of them converted to Catholicism, and the Philippines
remains; even today, under the umbrella of Catholicism, religiously varied, and different indigenous
practices continue. That is why the Philippines' colonization under Spain was considered a success; it
was an example of Asian Catholicism.

3. GOVERNMENT
In terms of government, Spaniards also played a significantly different role in our country.
Especially in Manila, which retained a medieval cast until the 19th century, Spanish colonial motives
were the central government, in economic and political institutions were also altered under Spanish
influence. Power, wealth, and control were kept by a hierarchical structure called the Spanish
aristocracy, which ran the country with a few Filipinos in the ruling class. The ruling class acquired
influence and prestige through the King's land grants, offices, and titles and gave the King back
tribute and allegiance in exchange. Therefore, at that time, our countrymen experience struggles
because they had no voice and power to reach out their concerns to the government.

4. ECONOMY
Filipinos primary source of living is agriculture. There was an abundant supply of rice,
coconuts, sugar cane, etc. Land cultivation improves efficiency on ditches, as shown by the world-
famous Ifugao rice terraces of the mountain province. The remarkable rise in wealth extracted from
personal taxation affected the peasantry and even the archipelago's foreign affairs structure. That is
why introduced trading growth of the Philippine economy. Some agriculture sources are being
dominant in the Philippines, for example, tobacco. The Philippines is rich in tobacco sources. That.
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Tagum City, Davao del Norte
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That is why Philippine exports to Spain, which remains relatively stable, except for leaf tobacco
traded by Tabaccos de Filipinas and other Spanish and foreign firms founded in the Philippines.
Before the end of the Spanish colonial rule in 1898, exports of textiles and foodstuffs from Spain to
the Philippines grew exponentially, displacing the Spanish and other European countries. Therefore,
that is somehow the effects of Spaniard Colonization in the Philippines in terms of economy.