soc sci

• Politics - loss of self governance pushed Asians to oust the foreigners
• Economy - middle class emerged in the colonies as a result of the progress of rich families that engaged in trade
• Society - people were divided into social classes, Asians were often in the lower ranks
• Culture - influences by the culture and practices of the colonizers
• The group of Ilustrados led by Dr. Jose Rizal who spread the liberal ideas (awareness about Spanish abuses) to the Filipinos
• Ilustrados - helped in the emergence of nationalism by using their education in spreading the liberal ideas; used pen and paper in order to spread the Spanish abuses to the Filipinos
• Father of Katipunan - Emilio Aguinaldo
• Father of Revolution - Apolinario Mabini
• Dr. Jose Rizal - was exiled in Dapitan because of his novels that exposed the unjust treatment and abuses of the Spaniards and the sufferings of the Filipinos
• Examples of work: Noli me Tangere (Touch Me Not), El Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed), Mi Ultimo Adios (My Last Farewell), Diariong Tagalog
• 3 Martyr Priest

  • Mariano Gomez, Jacinto Zamora, Jose Burgos
  • Executed due to false accusations of treason and sedition (1872)
• Katipunan (KKK)

  • Revolutionary group led by Andres Bonifacio; used sword and weapons in fighting
• Kalayaan - main organ of Katipunan
• The Cry of Pugad Lawin

  • Turning point when the Filipinos finally refused Spanish colonial dominion over the Philippine Islands
• Effect of Spanish Colonization - Filipino rights and freedom were limited due to Spanish abuses
• American Period

  • Commonwealth Period

  Gave an opportunity to the Filipinos to govern their own government under the supervision of the Americans; under the leadership of Manuel L. Quezon
• Japanese Period

  • Defeated the Americans & invaded the Philippines for 3 years
• Philippines gained total independence from U.S on July 4, 1946
• National Heroes Day - last Monday of August
• • A Day of Valor/Araw ng Kagitingan (Fall of Bataan) April 9, 1942
• Economy - dominance of foreign & multinational corporations
• Political - provided with foreign aids but for a cost or favor in return
• Culture - entry of different products, music, fashion, and other forms of recreation
• Neocolonialism - practice of using economics, globalization, cultural imperialism, and conditional aid to influence a country instead of the previous colonial methods of direct military control or indirect political control
• Decolonization - to free from colonial status
• Soft Power - a tool of colonialism; an alternative way of relation with another country is through the use of nonviolent means to push one’s interest, transmission of culture through: media, foods, magazines, books
• Colonial Mentality - people obsessed with foreign culture to the point the lose sight of their own identity