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Audiencia Governor
Santiago de Vera
➢ Provinces which were already peaceful and recognizing the authority of Spain were governed by () ➢ Those not yet fully pacified and conquered were ruled by ()
civil provincial governors, military officers
His salary was small but he could collect a part of the tributes to increase his income
Alcalde Mayor
Indulto di commercio • Abolished on
1844
Municipal Government o Headed by () or capitan municipal or simply capitan
Gobernadorcillo
o 13 electors who were prominent in the town o 6 of these electors were () cabezas de barangay o 6 were () cabeza de barangays o 13th elector was the outgoing ()
former, actual, capitan
Each barrio or barangay of the town was headed by a () who did not receive any salary o Given a part of the taxes collected in his barrio o Considered member of the principalia or the aristocracy
cabeza
* public investigation * trial of outgoing colonial officials in order to ascertain whether they had committed abuses in the performance of their duties * the procedure was for the incoming governor-general to conduct the investigation and trial of his predecessor and other officials of the government * result of the investigation and trial was sent to Spain for final decision
Residencia
Secret investigation of an official’s acts as a public servant whose purpose was to make him work honestly and efficiently as he was expected to do
Vista
The Spanish officials in the Philippines compelled the Filipinos to work in the construction of churches, roads, bridges, ships and in the hauling and timber-cutting industries.
Forced Labor
Polo y Sevicio 1. That Filipinos to be drafted for work must be () for their work 2. That Filipino labourers should not be made to work in ()places where they could not return to their families 3. That the drafting of labourers should not () with the planting and harvest seasons
paid, distant , coincide
4. That physically ()men should not be overworked
5. That forced labor should be resorted to only in a clear case of absolute ()
6. That the number of laborers drafted should be () as soon as laborers from other countries (probably referring to Chinese) had volunteered to work
incapable, necessity, diminished
Distribution of lands to loyal Spanish subjects • These men had helped conquer the Philippine
Encomienda
• The encomienda was actually not a land, but a favour from the King under which the Spaniard receiving the favour was given the right to collect tributes or taxes from the inhabitants of an area assigned to him • The man who received this favour is called
encomiendero
Three kinds of Encomiendas
1. Royal Encomienda 2. Ecclesiastical Encomienda 3. Private Encomienda
The encomienderos were required by law to perform the following duties: 1. to give () to the natives 2. to help the missionaries convert the natives to () 3. to promote()
protection, Christianity, education
• It is a form of recognition of the Filipino’s loyalty to the King of Spain • It was introduced on 1570
Tribute
e tribute was small • Above sixteen years and below sixty • In 1589, the tribute increased which a small part of it went to the Church, sanctorum • The tribute was abolished on 1884 and the () was introduced.
cedula persona
-consisted of one-tenth of the produce of the land
Diezmos prediales
introduced in 1635, tax specifically used for the conquest of Jolo.
Donativo de Zamboanga
