Chapter 5

THE PHILIPPINES UNDER

SPANISH RULES
(1600s-1800s)
• Spain governed the Philippines through the
union of church and state.
• They introduced the process of new belief,
institutions, and practices in political,
economic and religious aspects of peoples
lives.
 Reasons for Spanish Colonization

Two reasons

1. Right of discovery
2. Right of actual occupation
 Political Changes
• As a crowned colony Phil. was administered by
the Council of Indies
• In 1863, the Phil., as a colony was placed
under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of
Colonies or Overseas Ministry (Ministerio de
Ultramar)
 The Central Government

Laws of Indies were applied in the

Philippines
Highly centralized form of
government
Headed by the Governor-General
The governor-general is also a;
Presiding officer or president in the audienia.
Vice royal patron in the Philippines.
 He can appoint minor officials in the
government including the parish priest.
Commander-in-chief of the armed forces
CUMPLASE- “ I Obey but do not Comply”

the governor-general possessed a vast

executive, legislative and judiciary.

Two Branches in the Government:

1. Executive
2. Judicial.
 Audiencia
It functions as thehighest court or supreme
court.
 Governor Santiago deVerais the first president.
Established 1583
Abolished 1589
1595 the king ordered the re establishement but
it just function in the year 1598 when it was
inagurated.
 Local
Government