Cabalfin, Mark Jewell Y.

BSCrim 1-Delta

Module 4:

Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Issues in Philippine History

Final Quiz

ESSAY

Discuss the following topics briefly (20 points each):

1. Evolution of the Philippine Constitution

-EVOLUTION OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION BIAK NA BATO BIAK NA BATO The First Philippine
Constitution. It outlined the revolutionary objectives of independence from Spain. BIAK NA BATO The
separation of the Philippines from the Spanish monarchy and their formation into an THE PACT

2. Policies on Agrarian Reform

-The policies on agrarian reform under the Ramos administration focused on accelerating the direct land
transfer and non-land transfer through adopting more rational, fair and inexpensive settlements. It
encouraged landowners to invest in rural-based industries that are connected to agriculture.

3. Evolution of Taxation.

-Like other states, where there is social stratification, pre-Spanish Filipinos were also divided into

social classes. These were the nobles, the freemen and the slaves. The nobles, composed of rulers and

their families occupied the highest class. They were usually addressed as Gat, Lakan, Raja or Datu. Next

to them were the middle class called freemen. Freemen were the working class. The lowest class was
the

slaves. Slaves were classified into two; these were aliping namamahay and the aliping sagigilid. The
aliping

namamahay were not full-pledge slaves. They had their own respective families and their own houses.