1. OUR COUNTRY AS A
COLONY OF SPAIN
PRESENTED BY:
JESSICA L. SAGARIO
BABY KAREN DEVE TIMBREZA

2. What we want to explain:
 How did the Spanish officials rule our country?
 What changes did Spain make to the Philippines
government?
 How did the Filipinos react to the Spanish rule?
 How did the Spaniards keep on controlling he
Filipinos?
 What was the secret behind the Spanish power?

3. Philippines under Spanish regime:
 The Philippines was a
colony of Spain for 333
years.
 From 1565-1893

4. Central government under
Spain:
Spain established one central
government in the Philippines.
Thus, for the first time in our
history, we became united as
one nation called “FILIPINAS”.

5. Philippine Territory in
Spanish time:

6. Differences in the territory
ruled by central government:
The island archipelagoes of Guam, the Marianas,
the Caroline, and the Palau's in the south Pacific
were included in Philippine territory during
Spanish times.
Most of Mindanao and Sulu were excluded.
Interior mountain regions of Luzon and Visayas
were excluded.

7. Monarchy under Spain
KING OF SPAIN
SPANISH
ARCHBISHOP
SPANISH VICEROY IN
MEXICO
PROVINCIAL
ALCALDE MAYOR
SPANISH
GOVERNOR
GENERAL IN
MANILA
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p
a
i
n
BISHOPS
ROYAL
AUDEINCIA
CITY ALCALDES
K
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n
g
o
f
PARISH
PRIESTS
COUNCIL OF
THE INDIES
GOBERNADORCILLOS
CABEZA DE
BARANGAY

8. GOVERNMENT
DEBTS:
Since the beginning the colonial
government in the Philippines suffered
debts year in and year out.
TWO REASONS:
Government officials were dishonest.
The ordinary people lacked cooperation
and loyalty to he State.

9. Population: Spaniards
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
missionaries
soldiers
1500
over all
1000
500
0
17TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY

10. Population: Filipinos
population
7000000
6000000
5000000
4000000
3000000
2000000
1000000
0
1565
1591
1621
1655
1735
1800
population
1817
1829
1850
1870
1885
1896

11. Christianity and Spanish
colonization
The Spaniards were able to keep the
Philippines as a colony because most of the
Filipinos became Christians.
Filipinos were attracted to Christianity
because of three reasons:
 The message of Christianity appealed to the people.
 Filipinos life was approved by Christianity
 The missionaries helped the soldiers in conquest
and pacification of the Philippines

12. Church Organization:
Civil government/
church
organization
Parish
priest
archbishop
people
bishops
First bishop of
Manila: Monsignor
Domingo de
Salazar

13. The Power of the Church:
 Union of Church and State:
 Practice allowing only one religion in the country
Because of this union the church and state, the catholic
priests then had the great influence in government. They
receive their salaries from the government.
Until 1764, the archbishops could act as the temporary
governor-general.
e.g. Archbishop Manuel Rojo(1762-1764)
Fraile: town priest

14. What do fraile’s do?
Confessor
Tax
collector
Preacher
Fraile
Law
enforcer
Election
inspector
Registrar
of deeds

15. The Only Christian Nation:
 Spaniards used the Philippines as the military
base and mission centre to spread Spanish
power and Christianity to other Asian counties.
Although it failed they kept the Philippines as a
mission field.
 The Philippines was the spiritual light of Asia as
far back as the 16th century.

16. Why Spain Kept the Philippines?
Queen Isabel I
(1504)
Phillip II
1619
For
glory
and
pride
Philip IV
Go with God, Father
Moraga, be assured that I
will not give up what my
father conquered and left
me.
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6
2
1
Father Hernando
de los rios coronel
Philip III
(Advisers)
In God’s
name, Please do
not abandon the
Philippines, Your
majesty. Remember
what your illustrious
great
grondmother, stated
in her testament
For the
conversion
of the people
of Filipinas, I
would gladly
spread the
riches of the
indies
Manila
Fr. Hernando
Moraga

17. FOR
LISTENING
GODBLESS!