Spanish

colonization
1565 1898

The Spanish colonial period of the Philippines began when explorer

Ferdinand Magellan came to the islands in 1521 and claimed it as a
colony for the Spanish Empire. The period lasted until the Philippine
Revolution in 1898.

AIMS OF SPANISH COLONIZATION-3 G's

God- the propagation of Catholic
Christianity.

Gold- desire for gold or economic

wealth.

Glory- arouse out of Spain’s ambition

to be the greatest empire in the
world.

Why Filipinos It reminded them of their bondage to Spain.

hate tribute. It spawned Spanish abuses.

The tribute was payable in money or in kind.

The encomendero cheated the people by using a

tampered weight so that the people actually paid more
than the true value of the tribute.

Gubernatorial
The Royal Audiencia which was the Supreme Court during the
Spanish period.
Powers
The Archbishop and the clergy who were influential in the King’s
court.
The complains which subordinate public officials and private
citizens sent directly to the King.
The Residencia, the trial of an outgoing governor general and
other Spanish officials.
The Visitador sent to the colony to investigate conditions in the
Philippines.

The Propaganda Movement

(1872-1896) The objectives of this
movement were to seek reforms
and changes like the following:
This movement was
To get equal treatment for the
spearheaded mostly by the Filipinos and the Spaniards under the
intellectual middle-class like law.
To make the Philippines a colony of
Jose Rizal, Marcelo del
Spain.
Pilar; Graciano Lopez To restore Filipino representation in
Jaena, Antonio Luna, the Spanish Cortes.
Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma. To Filipinize the parishes.
To give the Filipinos freedom of
Panganiban, and Pedro speech, of the press, assembly and for
Paterno. redress of grievances.