THE PHILIPPINES

UNDER
SPANISH
COLONIAL REGIME
THE SPANISH COLONIAL POLICY WAS VIRTUALLY
DESIGNED NOT TO KEEP THE PHILIPPINES UNDER
COMPLETE CONTROL BUT ALSO TO EXPLOIT HER RICH
NATURAL RESOURCES.

THE ENORMOUS SYSTEMS OF TAXATION, THE ARBITRARY

AND UNJUST FORCE LABOR, THE MONOPOLISTIC
GALLEON TRADE AND STRINGENT TRADE AND
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES CONSEQUENTLY BROUGHT
ABOUT A DSITURVED ANAD UNBALANCE ECONOMY.
ON TAXATION
THIS IS THE POWER OF THE STATE TO IMPOSE AND
COLLECT REVENUE FRO PUBLIC PURPOSES TO PROMOTE
THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF A PARTICULAR SOCIETY.

ONE OF THE LAW OF INDIES PROMULGATED BY THE SPANISH

CROWN WAS TO REQUIRE CONQUERED INHABITANTS TO
PAY TRIBUTE IN RECOGNITION OF SPANISH SOVEREIGNTY.
FOR SO MANY YEARS, THE FILIPINOS PAID TRIBUTE TO
SPANISH AUTHORITIES AMOUNTING TO EIGHT REALES
OR ONE PESO, PAYABLE IN CASH OR IN KIND.
1589 WAS INCREASED TO 10 REALES
1851 WAS INCREASED TO 12 REALES
BUT FINALLY ABOLISHED BY VIRTUE OF A REFORM
DECREE IN 1884, BUT REPLACED BY A PERSONAL
CEDULA TAX.
A GRADUATED POLL TAX BASED ON THE YEARLY
INCOME OF THE TAXPAYER. ALL RESIDENTS ABOUT
EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF
NATIONALITYOR SEX WERE REQUIRED TO PAY THE
NEW TAX
 BANDALA UNFAIR SYSTEM, THE NATIVES WERE
COERCED TO SELL THEIR HARVEST TO THE
GOVERNMENT AT VERY LOW PRICE.

THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRED EVERY PROVINCE TO

SATISFY THE PRESCRIBED QUOTA OR GOODS
ASSIGNED TO IT.