SPANISH COLONIZATION

Encomienda System

Shortly after Legazpis establishment of the seat of government in Manila, he dividied the country among his men for purposes of practical administration and a reward for their services was granted.

Encomienda is a grant (as privilege) originally extended by the king to the religious orders and charitable groups or to royal officials of the king.

King Philip II

Royal Officials

In the Philippines, to Spaniards was an assignment or grant that carried the right to collect tributes from the native residing within their boundaries of control.

Encomendero

Native Filipinos

Land Ownership in Four Categories:

Lands owned by the Church and Religious Congregations.

Lands owned by the Spaniard who settled in the Philippines.

Lands owned by the Meztizos and rich infuelntial Indios.

Lands owned by ordinary Filipinos.

System of Taxation

Rentas Estancadas

Colonial masters increases the price of goods so that natives were actually paying the tax by paying more the products.

Tax was imposed to vices, cockfighting and Betel nut chewing

Tax was imposed to former trading partners of the first Filipino communities.

BANDALA SYSTEM
Impelled the Filipino producers to sell their products to the Spaniards at price rates imposed by the Spanish authorities.

Tributo = 10 reales Diezmos prediales (tithes or 1/10) = 1 Treasury = 1 real Sanctorum tax (church tax) = 3 reales All in all, an average Filipino will pay 15 reales.

TRIBUTES
Payment in a form of cash or products in recognition of Spanish authority and to shoulder the expenses of the colony.

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Polo y Servicio

An option to perform when Filipionos are unable to pay their taxes. Confiscation of their properties including lands has been rampantly practiceed by the colonial masters caused by this system.

Andeng, Princess Xyrill Andal, Sarah-Mae Bayangos, Jaybie