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3. It is Ferdinand Magellan who arrived in the Philippines to head a
Spanish expedition searching for the Spice Islands in 1521.
Magellan never completed the journey by himself; he was then killed
in an encounter with natives in the Philippines after having claimed
the Philippines is for Spain.

5. Baptism of King Humabon Gift of Magellan to Queen Juana

6. However, Magellan’s plans to claim the whole of the Philippines Islands for
Spain encountered stiff resistance from other natives, particularly from
Lapu-Lapu, the chieftain of neighboring Mactan Island. In what is known as
the Battle of Mactan that was fought on April 27, 1521, Magellan and his 100
soldiers fought Lapu-Lapu and his 1,000 warriors. Clearly
outnumbered, Magellan and most of his soldiers were killed.

10. In 1565, when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi concluded treaties of friendship
with the native chiefs or what we called the datus. Spain’s primary aim
and intention in the Philippines was to spread their religion the Roman
Catholicism.

12. Laguna Copperplate
Many missionary works in the Philippines were pushed by the Spaniards, for
them to help the natives toward the advancement of education, culture, and
architecture. It was also at this point when the Spanish missionaries tried to
eliminate the ancient written literature of the Filipinos. Because of the
destruction of ancient writings, in their eagerness to erase the previous cultural
records of the Philippines, only the orally transmitted literature has survived.

13. The Philippines were named Royal Audiencia
after King Philip II of Spain.
During the colonization of the Spaniards in the Philippines
they Centralized and form a government and Divided into
two units; The Central government in which the King
entrusted the colony to the governor-general, who had the
highest position in the government. The Royal Audiencia
was the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

14. The Residencia and the Visitador were the special courts that
investigated on the conduct of the governor-general and other high-
ranking Spanish officials. Local Government (provinces, cities, towns
and barrios) The provinces were divided into two; Alcaldia which
recognized Spain's possession over the land. Corregimiento where
the people had not succumbed to its ruling power. Ayuntamiento or
the city government was the center of the society, religion, culture and
business. The pueblo was governed by the gobernadorcillo, the
highest position for Filipino politicians and the Cabeza de Barangay
governed the barrios. During the Spanish regime, there was union of
church and state; The governor-general had power over the church.
The friars, on the other hand, played a very important role in the
government. The Archbishop was only the most powerful in the
church. However, it seemed that the church exercised more power
than the government and because of this; the government in the
Philippines was called "Frailocracia," a government controlled by the
friars.

15. References;
Teodoro A. Agoncillo, (1990). History of the Filipino People.
(8th Edition) Quezon City: Garotech Publishing Company.
Michael R. Irwin, Philippine History
http://www.livecebu.com/philhistory.htm
Philippine History (2012), http://www.philippine-history.org/
The Spanish Era in the Philippines (2010),
http://history.factoidz.com/the-spanish-era-in-the-philippines/
http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_history/spanish_
colonization.html
Philippines History (2008),
http://kwentongpinas.wordpress.com/tag/spanish-period-in-
the-philippines/
Paul Morrow (2002), Baybayin The Ancient Script of the
Philippines http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/bayeng1.htm