PHILIPPINE HISTORICAL SETTING

By:
Barce, Jezel B.
Valbuena, Kyla T.
HISTORY
 comes from the Greek word historia which means “to inquire.”
 The study of the chronological record of events based on a
critical examination of sources and authentic materials.
 answers questions such as “What happened?”, “When did it
happen?”, “How did it happen?”, “Where did it happen?”, “How
did it affect the course of events?”, “Why did it happen?”, and
so on.
 HISTORY together with economics, civic, sociology, geography,
anthropology, and government belongs to a general category
known as SOCIAL STUDIES.
 Other history related sciences and disciplinaries are
archeology, geology, cartography, political science,
philosophy, psychology, technology, linguistics, literature,
and humanities.
PHILIPPINES
 By 1521, Magellan called it “Archipelago of St.
Lazarus”, while the writers called it “Pearl of the
Orient”
 Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, a Spanish navigator, gave
the name Felipinas in honor of King Philip of
Asturias.
 When the American came at the start of 20th
century, they adopted the name Filipinas as the
official name of our country. They translated it into
English, which is Philippines and they called its
people, Filipinos.
An archipelago, is composed of 7,641 islands.
It is surrounded by:
*Pacific Ocean on the east
*West Philippine Sea on the west
*Bashi Channel on the North
*Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea on the South
It lies a little above the equator on the Northern
Hemisphere.
Has a tropical climate
Has two sesons: wet and dry
3 GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
Neighboring countries:
North: Taiwan
East: Micronesia, Marianas, and Guam
Southeast: Borneo, Brunei, and Indonesia
West: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand
Is rich in natural resources such as landforms, bodies of water
and minerals.
 The Filipino people is a harmonious and mixture of
diversity and homogeneity. Within the blood of Filipinos
are the blends of their forefathers from Malay, Chinese,
Negrito, Indian, European and American lineage.
 LEVELS OF SOCIETY
ALIPIN OR DEPENDENT CLASS
MAHARLIKA/TIMAWA ALIPING ALIPING SAGUIGUILID
DATU OR NOBLE
OR FREEMEN NAMAMAHAY OR OR SLAVE
SERF
Powerful Free Could own No property
property
Head of barangay Common people Lived in his own Lived in the master’s
house house

Did not pay tax Could not be sold Could be sold

Defenders of the Services were Services were not
Had dependents datu paid paid

Worked for the datu

Different type of dwellings
TABON CAVE
LEAN-TO
BAHAY
KUBO
 TREE
HOUSES
HOUSES ON STILTS
BOATHOUSES
Education
LESSONS TAUGHT TO BOYS LESSONS TAUGHT TO GIRLS

Training for battle Weaving

Fishing Sewing

Farming Cooking

Livestock breeding Other household chores

Hunting Personal Hygiene

Making of war weapons like spears Responsible motherhood

Sailing
BAYBAYIN
RELIGION

ARTS

SCIENCE
 618 to 906 CE – The Chinese established trade
relations in our country
 960 to 1280 – The Arabs traded with our
forefathers.
 1180 – Indian influences reached our country.
 13th century – Japanese trade relations with
our forefathers.
 1887 – The novel, Noli Me Tangere was
published. Rizal pointed out here the wrong
beliefs and practices taught by the Spaniards to
the Filipinos.
 El Filibusterismo – a political novel, which
foretold the uprising of the Filipinos against
the Spaniards.
 During the colonization of the Philippines, the Filipinos
lost their freedom. They were being abused by the
Spaniards.
The Spaniards established many other systems which
are only for their own good. The Filipinos became slave for
a long time. They abused the Filipinos. They were also
being maltreated by the Spaniards. Others are being killed.
By the help of our great men and some Americans, the
Philippines became free from the hands of the Spanish.
And this is the end of the Spanish regime.
The United States had a different approach in
colonizing the Philippines. The Americans considered
educating the Filipinos as one of their top priorities in the
Philippines. They treated the Filipinos like their friends.
These are the setting in the American colonization.
Japanese invasion happened on December
8, 1941. The Philippines was easily taken
over by the Japanese because of the weak
military forces of the country. On April 9,
1942, the Japanese enforced the horrible
and inhuman Death March. They
implemented a totalitarian form of
government and disregarded the democratic
form of government introduced by the
Americans.