Philippine History

2. • For a short period of time, the
Philippines was put under the
control of Britain through the
British East India Co.

3. Oppressive
Colonial
Policies and
the Native’s
responses
External
Political
Forces
19th Century
Economic
Development
19th Century
Political
Development

4. Common
grievance
-Friars committed
abuses and
exploitation
-Native’s resistance
to excessive
impositions of
forced labor and
taxes, confiscation
of properties, the
policy of reduction
Early
uprisings
-Filipinos had
staged more than
100 revolts prior to
the 1896
Revolution
-It showed the
Filipinno’s
dissatisfaction to
the Spanish rule

6. Ideas of the
Enlightenment
or Age of
Reason (17th
and 18th
Century)
French
Revolution
fostered the
ideas of
liberty,
equality, and
fraternity that
led to the
growth of
liberalism
The Cadiz
Constitution of
1812, which
extended
rights not only
to the
Spaniards but
to all subjects
of Spain

8. Change from mercantilism to laissez-faire
Galleon Trade ended in 1813
Expansion of Philippine trade and opening
Philippine ports
Rapid development and regionalization of cash crops

9. • Prosperity was obtained by at
least a few Filipinos and mestizos

11. • Shortened route between Philippines
and Europe

12. • By 1880s, England and USA become the
principal trading partners of the partners
• English banks were established
• American firms were mostly engaged in the
export-import business

14. • Quarrel between the
seculars and the
regulars over the
administration of
parishes
• Increased the
number of native
priests
Diocesan priests
Augustinian
priests

15. • Passed a number of
decrees granting certain
individual right to the
natives
• Filipinos experienced
how to live under a
liberal regime

16. • During the regime of Gov.
Gen. Rafael de Izquierdo,
he promptly suspended or
revised his predecessor’s
liberal decrees and
classified personas
sospechas those persons
who had supported de la
Torre’s policies
• Burgos, Gomes, and
Zamora were suspected
as behind the Cavite
Mutiny (1872) and were
publicly garroted.