Politics in the Spanish Philippines Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who represented the king/queen of Spain in the Philippines?
Governor-general
Had _____ during typhoons, floods, epidemics, earthquakes, etc.
Blanket authority
How was the country ruled through Mexico?
Consejo de las Indias or Council of the Indies
Supreme court
Real Audiencia
The Real Audiencia was composed of what and had what responsibility?
Oidores (judges) checked the activities of the governor general
The Real Audiencia gave power to who to check on the governor-general?
Residencia (a committee)
The governor-general was honorary head of what?
Real Audiencia
What union existed during the Spanish occupation?
Union of Church and State
What did this union mean?
The church could meddle in government matters and vice versa
Who is the vice-patron of the church?
Governor-general
Peninsular
Spaniard born in Spain
Insular
Spaniard born in the Philippines
Office of the governor-general
ayuntamiento in Intramuros
Summer residence of the governor-general
Malacañang Palaca
Who could become a governor-general?
Peninsular
Who could not become a governor-general?
Insulars and mestizos
Two kinds of provinces
Corregimiento and Alcaldia
Who headed corregimientos?
Corregidor
Qualifications to be a corregidor?
Could not pay taxes and had to be knowledgeable of military strategies
Who headed Alcaldias?
Alcalde-mayor or provincial governor
Qualifications to be an alcalde-mayor?
Peninsular, (most of the time) a lawyer, could engage in trade
What was under the provincial government?
Municipal government
A town/pueblo was headed by who?
Gobernadorcillo or kapitan municipal or kapitan
Where did gobernadorcillos de chinos exist?
Binondo
