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    The pre-Spanish government in the Philippines was organized into barangays, which were villages of around 100 families each, possibly derived from the Malay word for "boat". Several barangays would join together for mutual protection. Each barangay was ruled by a datu, who served as the chief executive, lawgiver, judge, and military head, advised by a council of elders. Society was divided into four classes - the nobility including the datu, freemen, slave-serfs who could live in the household, and slaves who could be sold. The datu's rule was a monarchy and one could become datu through inheritance, wisdom, wealth or strength. Early laws included both written

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    The pre-Spanish government in the Philippines was organized into barangays, which were villages of around 100 families each, possibly derived from the Malay word for "boat". Several barangays would join together for mutual protection. Each barangay was ruled by a datu, who served as the chief executive, lawgiver, judge, and military head, advised by a council of elders. Society was divided into four classes - the nobility including the datu, freemen, slave-serfs who could live in the household, and slaves who could be sold. The datu's rule was a monarchy and one could become datu through inheritance, wisdom, wealth or strength. Early laws included both written

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    The pre-Spanish government in the Philippines was organized into barangays, which were villages of around 100 families each, possibly derived from the Malay word for "boat". Several barangays would join together for mutual protection. Each barangay was ruled by a datu, who served as the chief executive, lawgiver, judge, and military head, advised by a council of elders. Society was divided into four classes - the nobility including the datu, freemen, slave-serfs who could live in the household, and slaves who could be sold. The datu's rule was a monarchy and one could become datu through inheritance, wisdom, wealth or strength. Early laws included both written

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    The pre – Spanish

    government
    Unit of government
    BARANGAY – settlements or villages, consisting of more or less 100
    fam.
    - balangay – a Malayan word meaning “boat”
    - confirming the theory that the early Filipinos came to
    the phil. In boats.
    Confiderations – some barangays joined together, for the purpose of
    mutual protection against common enemies.
    Datu
    - Each barangay was ruled by a chief called DATU.
    - rajah, sultan or hadji in others.

    Datu Sumakwel
    Datu Kalantiaw

    - Chief executive, Law giver, Chief judge,


    and Military head
    Maginoos – council of elders served as his
    advisers.
    Monarchy with datu as monarch.
    - which the supreme and final authority is in
    the hands of a single person w/o regard to the
    source of his election.
    One could be a datu chiefly by INHERITANCE,
    WISDOM, WEALTH, or PHYSICAL POWERS.
    SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE BARANGAY

    People in the barangay were divided into 4


    classes.
    1. Nobility ( maharlika) – datu belongs to the
    group.
    2. Freemen ( Timawa) refers to an
    intermediate social class among the various
    cultures of the Philippines before the arrival of
    the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    These groups of people do or make things
    according to their will. They were not paid
    they work for themselves. They cannot be
    sold.
    3. The Serfs (Aliping namamahay) – it is
    the slave with a higher status. They were
    slaves but then they were ale to live on the
    house. They can’t be sold.

    4. The Slaves (Aliping sagigilid) –it is a


    slaves with a lower status. They were paid
    and they can be sold.
    Early laws
    - Had both written and unwritten laws.
    - Written laws were promulgated by the datus.
    - Maragat codes – was written about 1250 A.D. by Datu
    Sumakwel of Panay
    - Kalantiaw codes – was written about 1433 A.D. by
    Datu Kalantiaw of Panay.

    - The Unwritten Laws consisted of customs and


    traditions which had been passed down from
    generation to generation.
    Comparison with other ancient governments
    - generally fair
    - the system of government, although defective was not
    so bad considering the conditions in other lands in the age
    during which is flourished.

    An ancient scholar has written: “The Filipino people, even in


    prehistoric times had already shown high intelligence and
    moral vitrues; virtues and intelligence clearly manifested in
    their legislation, which, taking into consideration the
    circumstances and the epoch in which it was framed, was
    clearly as wise, as prudent, and as humane, as that of the
    nations then at the head of civilization.

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