Factors on the Arrival of Spanish in the Philippines

Factors on the Arrival of Spanish in the Philippines

1. Intellectual Revolution

   • EMERGES in MODERN SCIENCES, resulting to MANY INVENTIONS

2. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

   • MACHINERIES, INDUSTRIES
     • needed more people/laborers & raw materials/resources

3. EXPLORATION AGE

   • IMPORTANT INVENTION: Compass, ships for them to navigate the world
     • SHIPS: WITH THE HELP OF COAL AND STEAM ENGINES
   • GOAL: navigate the world to LOOK FOR raw materials, resources, spices
     • SPICES: for preservation of food/ canned goods
       • spices are also used in galleon trade

4. IMPERIALISM AGE

   • COLONIES
     • god
       • CATHOLICISM
     • glory
       • MORE territories, more powerful
     • gold
       • became rich through trading, conquered colonies for money

5. ASSESSMENT OF SPANIARDS TO FILIPINOS WHEN THEY ARRIVED:

   • UNCIVILIZED
   • BARBARIC
   • BECAUSE WHAT THEY SAW IN THE PHILIPPINES WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WESTERN CULTURE
     • CULTURE is ALWAYS UNIQUE ON ITS OWN
   • USED THEIR OWN STANDARDS IN ASSESSING

6. Spaniards/ European: they THINK they are CIVILIZED because they have a GOVERNMENT,. SYSTEM OF WRITING, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC

   • WHICH the Philippines ALSO HAVE but they didn't understand our culture

7. SPECIFICALLY uses the word ARRIVAL: because they could not have discovered Philippines because it was already existing