The document summarizes key events of Spanish colonization of the Philippines: 1) In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines and claimed the islands for Spain, establishing their colonial rule. 2) Over subsequent decades, Spanish expeditions sought to establish settlements and consolidate control over the islands, founding cities like Cebu and Manila. 3) Spain introduced colonial institutions to their Philippine colonies like the encomienda system which gave land and native populations to colonists and required tribute, along with the reduccion policy of resettling populations.

1. Spanish Colonization of the
Philippines

3. • Age of Exploration
• Portugal & Spain
•Treaty of Tordesillas
• Christopher Columbus
• 3 G’s- Gold, God and Glory
• Magellan

4. • September 1519
• Antonio Pigafetta
• Spices
• Moluccas
• Magellan’s Strait
• Pacific Ocean
• Guam

7. • March 16, 1521
• Homonhon Limasawa  Cebu
• Blood compact, First mass, claimed the islands
• Humabon
• First Baptism
• Battle of Mactan
• Search for Spice Island
• Victoria

12. • Garcia Joffre de Loaisa (1525)
• Sebastian Cabot (1526)
• Alvaro de Saavedra (1527)
• Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1542)
• Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1564)
• Colonization
• Cebu, The first Spanish Settlement
• Panay, The second Spanish Settlement
• Manila, The most distinguished and ever loyal city
• The conquests of Luzon

13. INTRODUCTION OF
COLONIAL INSTITUTIONS

14. • Colonial Institutions
• Reduccion comes from the word reducer meaning to resettle
• Bajo el son de la campana
• Remontados, cimarones, ladrones monteses, malhechores or tulisanes
• Encomienda
• Encomenderos
• Tribute
• Polo y servicios
• Falla
• Bandala
• Abuses committed by the friars in the Philippines