History 10
History 10
History 10
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HISTORY- 10
A. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic growth that took place during Rizal’s time:
1. The Galleon Trade - also known in New Spain as “La Nao de la China” (The China Ship)
because it carried largely Chinese goods shipped from Manila. The Galleon Trade was a
government monopoly
2. The opening of the Suez Canal –The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 relatively became an
easy passage between Spain and the Philippines for Spanish trading. On November 17, 1869,
the Suez Canal was opened to navigation.
3. Opening of Manila Ports to World Trade - By 1856 there were thirteen foreign trading firms
in Manila, of which seven were British and two Americans; between 1855 and 1873 the Spanish
opened new ports to foreign trade, including Iloilo on Panay, Zamboanga in the western portion
of Mindanao, Cebu, and Legaspi in the Bicol area of southern Luzon. The growing prominence
of steam over sail navigation and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 contributed to
spectacular increases in the volume of trade.
4. The rise of the monopolies - On March1, 1782, Spanish governor general Jose V. Basco
established the tobacco monopoly as his economic program. Thus, the tobacco production in
the Philippines was under his total control The! provinces of Cagayan! Valley, Ilocos Provinces,
Nueva Ecija, and Marinduque were ordered to plant tobacco.
B. POLITICAL ISSUES
There was an appointment of officials with inferior qualifications, without dedication of
duty and moral strength to resist corruption for material advancement Through this power and
authority the Spaniards possessed, they collected and wasted the money of the Filipinos.
The appointment of positions is obtained by the highest bidder which is the Governor-general
of the country. The term of office which is the length of time a person (usually a politician)
serves in a particular office is dependent on the desire of the King of Spain. There were
inadequate administrative supervisions, they were unable to face and make solve the problem
regarding the Philippines.
C. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
One of the major influences on the educational development of the nineteenth century
was the return of the Jesuits. Expelled from the Philippines in 1768 they returned with ideas
and methods new to the Philippine Educational System.
!Asked! by! the! Ayuntamiento! to! take! over! the! municipal! primary! school! in! 1859!
that!
became!Escuela!Municipal,!later!renamed!Ateneo!Municipal!de!Manila!in!1865,!now!
Ateneo!
de! Manila! University! and! opened! it! to! the! Filipino! students! as! well! as! the!
Spaniards! for!
whom!it!had!been! founded.!Rizal!studied!at!Ateneo!Municipal!when!this!school!was!
located!
at!Intramuros!Manil
Under!the!direction!of!the!Jesuits!too!as!the!other!new!educational!insitution:!
the! Escuela! Normal! Superior! de! Maestros! (Superior! Normal! School)! for! female!
teachers.! It! was! opened! in! 1865! to! provide! Spanish-speaking! teachers! for! the!
projected!new!primary!school!system
Under the direction of the Jesuits too as he other new educational institution. The
Escuela Normal Superior de Maestros for female teachers. It was opened in 1865 to provide
Spanish-speaking teachers for the projected new primary school system.
The municipal primary school in 1859 that became Escuela Municipal, later renamed
Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1865, now Ateneo Manila University and opened it to Filipino
students as well as the Spaniards for it had been founded, Rizal studied at Ateneo Municipal
when his school was located at Intramuros Manila.
D. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
The Spaniards Colonization in the Philippines gave way to the existence of the new
social stratification. The Peninsulares or the Spaniards who were born in the Spain and settled
in the country occupied the highest class in the society and the position in the government. The
Insulares or the Spaniards born in the Philippines were the second class and also enjoyed the
luxuries in the Philippines. The third class was the Creoles or the mixture of the Spanish and
native.
The creoles class was the group where Jose Rizal, the GOMBURZA, and other Filipinos
who sought reform in the society during the Spaniards colonization belonged.