The Historical Source of the Philippine History

OBJECTIVE QUESTION
1. Who is the American Episcopal missionary that wrote
The Historical Source of the Philippine History?

Answer:

William Henry Scott

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 The Historical Source of the Philippine History

OBJECTIVE QUESTION
2. What is the earliest positive reference to the
Philippines ?

Answer:

Chinese Notice of A.D. 982

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 The Historical Source of the Philippine History

OBJECTIVE QUESTION
2. During the prehistoric era, what are Filipino beds
made of?

Answer:

Bamboos
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 The Historical Source of the Philippine History

ESSAY QUESTION
1. How did William Scott describe the Filipino during the pre-
hispanic time?
Answer:
The Filipinos are described as having simple customs and material culture
with traces of Chines and Hindu influence; social organizations ranging
from outright savagery to literate, slave-holding local government; with well
developed domestic trade and remarkably well-developed foreign trade.

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ESSAY QUESTION
2. What did Renato Constantino postulated during the more 300
years of Spanish colonization?
Answer:
Spanish authorities in the Philippines has successfully cleared through
burning or burying written record and other documentaries that would
establish proof of governance and livelihood on the various existing small
regions they dominated.

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ESSAY QUESTION
3. What is the significance of William Scott’s ‘The Historical
Source of the Philippine History’ brought to the present time?
Answer:
The Historical Source of the Philippine History by William Scott paved a
way for us modern Filipinos to be knowledgeable of our customs and
traditions that already existed even before the Spanish colonization. It
reminded us that we were always capable of standing with our own feet
because of our existing knowledge with trades and architecture.
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