in the Philippines
Module 7.
• 1850 – 1896
• From Kupang, Bulacan
• Pen Name: Plaridel
• His most important work was the La Soberania
Monacal en Filipinas or the Monastic
Supremacy in the Philippines.
• First published in Barcelona, Spain, in 1889
• Reprinted in Manila in 1898.
• (Emilio Terrero 1885-1888) & Benigno Quiroga
and such scholars as Miguel Morayta and Ferdinand
Bluementrit.
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POLIT ICAL ASPECT
• The friars control the status quo of the country .
• • The moderating power of the parish priest may be useful
to society to balance.
• To frighten the government with the rebelliousness of
the country, and frighten the country with the
despotism of the government.
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POLIT ICAL ASPECT
• The lack of union between the people and the
government.
• Diversity of languages
• Ignorance and fanaticism encouraged by the monastic
institutions.
• The voice of poverty has exhaled touching complaints
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POLIT ICAL ASPECT
• The Filipinos pay direct taxes consisting of the personal
cedula, urban tax, industrial subsidy and additional
municipal tax, and personal loan ; and besides these, the
indirect one of the markets, vehicles, horses, stamps and
surcharges, slaughter of cattle, river tolls, and others.
• The dues of the stole and the foot of the altar are a
legitimate source of revenue for the priesthood.
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RELIGIOUS ASPECT
• The municipal officials defend the parish priest.
• The essential requirement is the curate’s approval.
• The guarantee of national integrity is not the church nor
can it be in the friars;
• To consolidate the fraternity between Spain and the
Philippines is the best defense of national integrity; it is
Spain’s ideal; it is the dream of the Philippines.
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ECONOMIC ASPECT
GOVERNMENT
• Lacks resources to undertake public works.
• Establishes primary schools in each town.
• Find a thousand obstacles to tax paying
public.
MONAST IC ORDERS
• Build grand convents and spacious palaces in curates.
• Curates have a stable place.
• The public pays because of the return for heavenly
promises.
Taxation During the Spanish
Period
➢Land Reforms
The introduction of the Torrens system
created serious problems that had far-reaching effects
on the early system of landholding.
Taxation During the Spanish
Period
➢Pre-Spanish Period
Filipinos already lived in villages and barangays
even before the Spaniards came to the Philippines.
Taxation During the Spanish
Period
➢Spanish Period (1521-1896)
Spaniards introduced the concept
of the Encomienda System to the
Philippines.
Taxation During the Spanish
Period
➢Spanish Period (1521-1896)
Spaniards introduced the concept
of the Encomienda System to the
Philippines.
2 REASONS WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY THE TAX:
1. As recognition of Spain’s sovereignty over the colonies
2. To defray the expenses of pacification and governance.
✓ Real Y Supremo Consejo De las Indias (Royal and Supreme
Council of The Indies).
✓ These were embodied in the compilation of legislation
related to the New World called the Recopilacion de leyes
de los reynos de las indias.
Taxes that Filipino Pay
1. TRIBUTO or TRIBUTE
- The Filipinos were compelled to pay tribute. It is a sign of
the Filipino’s loyalty to Spain.
• Principalia - Those who do not pay tribute or the
ones who are exempted in paying the tribute.
2. SANCTORUM - Tax for the Church is collected by the
priests every week.
Taxes that Filipinos Pay
3. DONATIVO
-Tax for the Government.
4. CAJA DE COMUNIDAD (SEDULA)
- Tax for the community this tax was also paid by
everyone.
5. LAND TAX
- Tax for the landowners.
Amidst the taxes mentioned earlier.
There’s also a forced labor which is
called Polo y Servicio.
Cagayan and Dingras Revolts (1589)
Agustin Sumuroy's Revolt (1649-1650)
Francisco Maniago Revolt (1660-1661)
Andres Malong Revolt (1660-1661)
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