GEM Review

1. Chapter 1 (Rizal Law)

Republic Act No. 1425 - Title of the law

Rizal Law - Other’ name

Claro M. Recto - Main Author

Jose P. Laurel - Supported by

President Ramon Magsaysay - Signed by

Catholic Church - Against the bill

President Fidel V. Ramos - Who fully implemented the law?

June 12, 1956 - Date it was mandated/approved

2. Chapter 2 (19th century Philippines) Modify T/F

Read and analyze the following developments of the economic, political, and social aspect. Take
note of the main points

Economic

1. End of Galleon Trade.

2. Opening of Suez Canal.
3. Opening of Ports to World Trade.
4. The Rise of the Export Crop Economy.
5. The Rise of the Monopolies.

Social

1. The Education System.

2. The Chinese and Chinese Mestizos in the Philippines.
3. The Rise of the Inquilinos (Hacienderos).

Political

1. Rise and Gradual Spread of Liberalism and Democracy.

2. Impact of the Bourbon Reforms.
3. Cadiz Constitution of 1812.
Other names for Galleon Trade

1. Kalakalang Galyon.
2. La Nao de la China.
3. Manila-Acapulco Trade.

Suez Canal – connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas in 1869 relatively became an easy
passage between Spain and the Philippines for Spanish trading.

& date it was opened - November 17, 1869

Jose V. Basco - Spanish Governor General under the tobacco monopoly

Top 3 main crops

1. Tobacco
2. Abaca
3. Sugar

Different Legislatures

1. Education Decree of December 20, 1863 by Queen Isabela II

2. 1849 decree of Governor-General Narciso Claveria – urged the people in the colony
to adopt surnames.
3. The Bourbon Reforms – were a set of economic and political legislation promulgated
by the Spanish Crown under various kings of the House of Bourbon, mainly in the
18th century.
4. Cadiz Constitution of 1812 – a Spanish constitution adopted by the constituent
Cortes in Cadiz on March 18, 1812, and made public on March 19, 1812, during the
Spanish Revolution of 1808-14.

Government titles during Spanish era

1. Spanish King
2. Governor-General
3. Alcadias/Alcalde
a. Administrators
b. Judges
c. Military commandants

Difference between Dominican and Jesuits

Education Decree No. 63 – free access to modern public education by all Filipinos. Royal decree
provided for a complete educational system which would consist of primary, secondary, and
tertiary levels, finally making officially available to Filipinos valuable training for leadership after
three centuries of colonization.

Rizal's ancestor – Chinese and Chinese Mestizos.

 Concept of Liberalism – liberty and equality, were first realized successfully in the American
Revolution and then achieved in part in the French Revolution.

Difference and Similarities of Social Stratification

1. Peninsular – pure-blooded Spaniard born in the Iberian Peninsula.

2. Insular – pure-blooded Spaniard born in the Philippines.
3. Mestizos – born of mixed parentage, a mestizo can be:
a. Spanish mestizo – one parent is Spanish, other is a native.
b. Chinese mestizo – one parent is Chinese, the other is a native.
4. Principalia – wealthy pure-blooded native supposedly descended from the Kadatoan
class.
5. Indio – pure-blooded native of the Philippines.
6. Chino infiel – non-Catholic pure-Chinese.

3. Chapter 3

Memorize the full name of Rizal's Family Lineage

1. Francisco Mercado.
2. Teodora Alonso.
3. Saturnina Rizal-Hidalgo.
4. Paciano Mercado Rizal.
5. Narcisa Rizal-Lopez.
6. Olympia Rizal-Ubaldo.
7. Lucia Rizal-Herboza.
8. Maria Rizal-Cruz.
9. Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.
10. Concepcion Rizal.
11. Josefa Rizal.
12. Trinidad Rizal.
13. Soledad Rizal-Quintero.

List down Pepe's characteristic/attitudes that are similar to you as a young learner.

1. Religious.
2. Brawler.
3. Studious.