Spanish Period

• ruled the country between 1521 to 1898 with stern authority


  Spaniards
• Spaniards imposed upon the natives


  Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• indio


  Filipinos
• Filipino intellectuals (illustrados)


  Jose P. Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, Antonio Luna
• flora and fauna


  biology, botany, zoology
• human body


  anatomy
• trading ships


  Manila galleons
• was developed whereby Spanish trading ships were used for two and a half centuries linking Philippines with Mexico across the Pacific Ocean


  trading system
• through this, the Philippines learned and adopted new ideas...


  galleon trades
• taught then to build infrastructure projects (government buildings, churches, forts, roads, and bridges, and railrod _ Manila-Dagupan line)


  engineering
• basic interests and human rights


  to be happy, secured, safe and healthy...
• Filipinos under Spanish rule improved their _ _ in various technologies


  technical skills