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GALLEON TRADE

 It is a ship routes going back and forth to Manila and Acapulco. Thru this trade we can
ship our local products in Mexico like our textiles, tuba, and fireworks display and in
return the Philippines also brought some valuable flora and fauna like guava and
pineapple. It sailed the Pacific for 250 years and the Manila became the trading hub for
other countries to send goods.

SUEZ CANAL OPENING

 By opening of this canal. The distance travel between Europe and Philippines are
shortened because back when its not yet opened it took three months to go from
Barcelona to Manila but when the canal is opened it only took them 32 to 40 days. The
main advantage is we get easily transact between Europe and East Asia.

RISE OF EXPORT ECONOMY

 Here the trading of exporting the products of one’s country like Philippines exporting
sugar in foreign markets while European factory importing their goods in Philippines.
This various activity provides great opportunities and Chinese move to various provinces
to export crops that we see up until today. This thing provides a capital, organization,
and access to foreign markets.
MONOPOLIES

 In monopoly it is specifically profitable and Spanish government legalized the used of

opium. The most controversial is tobacco monopoly. Its aimed is to increase the revenue
since the Mexico’s subsidy wasn’t sufficient. They plant tobacco and widespread in
provinces then exported in other countries that raised revenue and Philippines is
tobacco prominent but there is negative effect that is it shortage the planting of crops.
STATE OF EDUCATION

 It was established and tun by catholic missionaries. The first formal school is parochial
schools. On college established for boys and girls the subjects taught is Latin,
geography, mathematics and philosophy. They emerged new class called illustrados but
despite of wealth and education were still deemed by Spaniards that’s why by Suez
Canal they travel Europe to gain higher and better education because they want same
level as proud Spaniards.
RISE OF CHINESE MESTIZO

 Since the Philippines became open for foreign merchants the Chinese mestizos, they
owned an enterprising of sugar, coffee and hemp. It rises new breed of rich and
influential Filipino in middle class.
RISE OF INQUILINOS

 Since Suez Canal give for cultivation and production of crops in progressively turned in
inquilinos system. The hacienda structure consisted of three strata: the estate owner, the
leaseholder or inquilino and the tenant-sharecropper. Between the owner & the inquilino
was the administrator who often demanded a share of the produce over & above the
stipulated land rent. Jose Rizal who became inquilino or tenant of the hacienda.
LIBERALISM -GEN DE LA TORRE?

 Liberal believes that government is necessary to protect individuals. Liberalism is a

political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the
governed, political equality and equality before the law. The Philippines actual
experience of liberalism came from the role modeling of the first liberal governor general
of the Philippines who is Governor General Carlos Maria Del la Torre.
BOURBON REFORMS

 The bourbon reforms have been termed "a revolution in government" for their sweeping
changes in the structure of administration that sought to strengthen the power of the
Spanish state, decrease the power of local elites in favor of office holders from the
Iberian Peninsula, and increase revenues for the crown. The new wave of reforms
included larger exploitation of resources in the colonies, increased taxes, the opening of
new ports allowed to trade only with Spain, and the establishment of several state
monopolies.
CADIZ CONSTITUTION

 Its first constitution in Europe deal with national sovereignty and popular representation,
historical justification in the Cadiz process, liberal constitutionalism and constitutional
rights, and American equality and independence. the Cádiz Constitution threatened the
monopoly of power that the Indio elites in the Philippines held over governing positions
because it allowed individuals to assume office so long as they satisfied residential
requirements and had good reputations.