GEC2 Unit 2 Chapter 2

Filipino
Services to
Spain
By Teacher Ryle Andaya
Service should be
done out of
compassion and not
out of fear
-Mahatma Gandhi-
 INTRODUCTION
Why did Filipinos serve Spain?
Filipinos served Spain instead of serving their own countrymen
because of three reasons

1.) Filipinos 2.) Filipinos were

were not converted into
united Roman Catholics
Filipinos did not see themselves as Filipinos were left to be loyal to the Priests
a nation that converted them
Spain Played one tribe against the those that did not follow the priests were
other threatened to damnation to hell
The Christian Filipinos were used
to fight against the Moros
3.) Filipinos were offered
rewards and honors by the
spanish rulers
The Spanish flattered and took care of the loyal Filipinos, but
punished and killed the ones who disobeyed them.

Loyal Filipinos were given positions in local governments as

“gobernadorcillos” (little governemnent) and “cabeza de
Barangay” (barangay chiefs) Francisco
Francisco Laksamana recieved the highest military honor
Laksamana
 Part 2 of chapter 3
How did Filipinos Serve Spain
Filipino services to spain

Helped colonize
Provided food for spain other islands within
Worked in spanish the country
industries helped stop revolts
fought with spain and invasions from
against other countries foriegn countries
joined spanish Fought against the
expedition Moros
1.) Filipinos as
farmers
Spaniards did not like manual work, they thought that
these were shameful to be seen working in dirty jobs
like digging, farming, cleaning and carrying heavy
equipment.
form of elitism
so Filipinos tilled the land and raised foodstuff and
livestock
2.) Filipinos in Spanish
Industries
Filipinos became good builders of ships for
Spaniards
they constructed many galleons used in the
Manila-Acapulco trade, and numerous galleys
and frigatesused by the spaniards to fight their
battles.
3.) Filipinos in the Portuguese
wars
In 1568-1570, the Portuguese attacked the early spanish
settlements in Cebu.

Raha Tupas and his cebuano warriors remained loyal to

Legaspi and fought on the side of spain on these attacks
 4.) Filipino
expeditions
Filipinos helped the sultan of Brunei, sultan sri
Lela regain his thrown on 1578 To Borneo and Moluccas
1500 Filipinos, 400 Spaniards and 300 bornean
warriors sailed to Borneo and fought to recapture
the city of Brunei
The expeditions were sent to try to capture the
rich Moluccas (Spice Islands) from the
Portuguese
later, they were sent to recapture it from the
Dutch.
thousands of Filipinos fought in these military
wars to colonize the Moluccas UNSUCCESSFULY
5.) Filipinos in the Dutch Wars
The Dutch wanted to make us a colony by defeating the
Spaniards
They harassed the people in the coastal areas
Finally, they tried to win the friendship of the Filipinos
The Filipinos remained loyal to Spain and Catholicism
against the Protestant Dutch and British
Results of Dutch
wars

Filipinos remained a colony Filipino population Philippine Economy

of Spain greatly declined Stagnated
 Reflection Question:
Today, Are Filipinos Condemned to
only being servers/helpers to
other countries? Why?