The Philippines under Spanish Rule
to administer justice to the aggrieved people in the colony
Audiencia was established
Father Domingo de Salazar
First Bishop of Manila
Governor Santiago de Vera
First president of Audiencia
Spanish fria-curate
They are the ones who approve the selected gobernadorcillo
Encomienda
a piece of land, but a favor from the king
Augustinian Order
a religious order observing a rule derived from St Augustine's writings
Indulto de Comercio
a right given to alcalde mayor to engage in trade, what made him rich and powerful • abolished in 1844 bc. the alcalde mayor abused his power
vista
a secret investigation of an official's conduct as a public servant
16yrs old & below 60 yrs old
ages required to pay tributes
Gobernadorcillo (little governor)
also called capitan municipal or simply capitan •today, he is called mayor
Situado
annual subsidy from mexico •250,000
Augustinians
converted animist religion to catholic faith
King of spain
decided that the Phil. should be converted into catholic belief
tenientes
deputies
Ayuntamiento
equivalent today is city hall
Economic Society of friend of the country
established by Jose de Baco y Vargas
Vocabulario de la lengua tagala
famous book of father domingo de los santos
falla
fee to be paid by the exempted forced laborers
xylography or printing by woodblock
first printing press •rectangular piece of wood
Polo y Servicio
forced labor
Cabeza
headed the barrio or barangay •did not receive salary. However, was given a portion of the taxes collected in his barrio •member of principalia
Audiencia
highest court
private encomienda
land belonged to a private individual
ecclesiastical encomienda
land belonged to the church
Royal encomienda
land belonged to the king
1578
manila became a diocese
Animist Religion
oldest known type of belief system in the world
Cebu and Manila
only two cities during the 1st century of Spanish rule
Father Francisco de San Jose
popularly called blancas de san jose •introduced the movable type of printing (typhography)
Alcalde Mayor
provincial governor who govern provincial government; was appointed by the Governor-General •salary was small but he could collect tribute to increase his income
Missions
represented areas or regions that were not yet conquered to catholicism
District
represented geographic regions that had different dialects or languages
Parishes
represented villages
Jesuits
spread catholicism in manila, leyte, cebu, bohol, Samar and Mindanao
alquaciles
subordinate officials
Dieznos prediales
tax consisted of one-tenth of the produced land
Vinta
tax paid by the people of Luzon in order to fund the Spanish's defense against the Muslim pirates in Luzon and Visayas
Donativo de Zamboanga
tax used for the conquest of jolo
Christian Doctrine
the first books printed by xylography method
Encomendero
the man who received the favor of the king (land)
residencia
the public investigation and trial of outgoing colonial officials
the royal encomienda the ecclesiastical encomienda the private encomienda
three kinds of encomienda
Galleon Trade
trade conducted by the Spanish across the Pacific Ocean
Manila Galleons
trading ships
sanctorum
tribute to be raised will be going to the church
Provincial Government
under by the central government
municipal government
under the provincial government and it composes of several barrios
Audiencia
was abolished by the King of Spain because of the opposition of some powerful person in colonial
tribute
way of spanish govt. to raise enough money to finance •a form of recognition of the Filipino's loyalty to the king of Spain