Question

Why is the Philippine government during the Spanish period conspired as aristocratic

Answer 1

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Spanish colonial motives were not, however, strictly commercial. The Spanish at first viewed the Philippines as a stepping-stone to the riches of the East Indies (Spice Islands), but, even after the Portuguese and Dutch had foreclosed that possibility, the Spanish still maintained their presence in the archipelago.

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Answer 2

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The Spanish colonial period in the Philippines was the period during which the Philippines were part of the Spanish Empire as the Captaincy General of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898. The islands were part of the larger Spanish East Indies. Forty-four years after Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines and died in the Battle of Mactan in 1521, the Spanish explored and colonialized the islands, starting with the founding of Cebu by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1565. Manila was made the capital of the Philippines in 1571. This was the time of the reign of King Philip II of Spain, whose name has remained attached to the country. The Spanish colonial period ended with the Philippine Revolution and Spanish–American War in 1898, which marked the beginning of the American colonialization of the Philippines.

Contents

1 Spanish colonialization

1.1 Background

1.2 Conquest under Philip II

1.3 Spanish settlers

2 Spanish government

2.1 Political system

2.1.1 National government

2.1.2 Provincial government

2.1.3 Municipal government

2.1.4 Barrio government

2.1.5 The Residencia and the Visita

2.1.6 Maura law

2.2 Economy

2.2.1 Manila-Acapulco galleon trade

2.2.2 Royal Society of Friends of the Country

2.2.3 Royal Company of the Philippines

2.2.4 Taxation

3 Dutch attacks

4 British invasion

5 Resistance against Spanish rule

5.1 Early resistance

5.2 The opening of the Philippines to world trade

5.3 Rise of Filipino nationalism

5.4 Rise of Spanish liberalism

5.5 Freemasonry

5.6 Ilustrados, Rizal and Katipunan

6 The Philippine Revolution

7 The Spanish–American War

8 See also

9 References

10 Citations

11 External links

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