PHILIPPINE HISTORY REVIEWER-midterms
PHILIPPINE HISTORY REVIEWER-midterms
PHILIPPINE HISTORY REVIEWER-midterms
CHAPTER 6
The Impact of Spanish Colonial Rule
Governor-General
Head
Appointed by the King of Spain
Has absolute powers
Chief Executive and Commander in Chief of the Army
Responsible in issuing and implementing royal decrees
Has the right to dismiss some officials except those appointed by
the King
Handled administration and review of the Justice system being the
President of the Royal Audencia
Has the power to make laws
Has the power to appoint priests to ECCLESIASTICAL POSITION
Vice Royal Patron equivalent to the King’s Patronate Real
Was subjected to 2 kinds of checks:
Residencia-special judicial court; reviews
performance of the outgoing Gov-general
Visita-observed conditions of the colony
Royal Audencia
Highest court
Established in 1583 by virtue of a royal decree
Adviser of the Governor-general but at the same time, checks and
reports the abuses
Audited the expenditures of the colonial government
Has the power to enact joint laws with the Governor-general known as
“Autos Acordados”
The Local Government
Served as an arm to facilitate the administration of the country; to
represent the King and Governor-general to the provinces
THE ARCHIPELAGIC NATURE OF THE PHILIPPINES BECAME A
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE CREATION OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
Corregiminetos-
unpacified region
led by a military officer called Corregidor or
Corregidores
Alcalde
was tasked to implement the laws and to collect taxes
performed judicial functions in the provinces
was given a trading privilege called indulto de comercio;
the privilege was removed in 1844 because it led to the
monopoly of the provincial trade
The city government was called ayuntamiento
headed by an alcalde.
ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM
From the Spanish word encomendar (to entrust)
used by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in the organization and
administration of the colony in the Philippines
reward given by the King of Spain to those Spaniards who helped in the
process of colonization
There are two kinds of encomienda:
royal -were those lands reserved for the king which
included principal town and ports