1. Which social class in ancient Philippine society corresponded to the slaves?

 Aliping Saguiguilid

2. What was the role of the Aliping Namamahay (serfs) in ancient Philippine
society?
 served his master or lord, who may be a datu or someone else who is a
Maharlika, and tilled his land.

3. During the Spanish era in the Philippines, what were encomiendas?

 lands were divided and granted to encourage Spanish settlers or reward
soldiers who served the Crown

4. What was the original purpose of the encomienda system in the Philippines?
 ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM was originally established more for the benefit of
the natives than of the encomenderos.

5. Which group became the first group of hacienderos in the Philippines during the
Spanish era?
 Encomenderos

6. What were inquilinos in the Philippines during the Spanish era?

 known as the natives and the mestizos

7. What were the decrees issued in 1880 and 1884 in the Philippines?

 Decrees Issued in 1880 and 1884—urging landholders to secure titles; the

government granted them a term of one year within which claims for free
titles were to be filed.

8. Which social class in ancient Philippine society corresponded to the freemen?

 Timawas

9. What was the role of the Timawas in ancient Philippine society?

 They did not pay tributes or taxes to the datu, but were bound to follow
him to war.

10. Which social class in ancient Philippine society corresponded to the chiefs?


11. What was the role of the Nobility (maharlikas) in ancient Philippine society?
12. Which social class in ancient Philippine society corresponded to the serfs?
 Aliping Namamahay

13. What was the role of the Cacique class during the Spanish era in the
Philippines?
 claimed more lands than they actually had a right to

14. What happened to the actual tillers of the land during the Spanish era when the
Cacique class claimed more lands than they actually had a right to?

 the actual tillers were driven out of their land or forced to become tenants
of the cacique.

15. What did President Emilio Aguinaldo declare in the Malolos Constitution
regarding large estates, especially the Friar Lands?
 “All the lands, buildings, and other properties belonging to the religious
corporations in these islands shall be understood to have been restored to
the Filipino state”
AMERICAN REGIME

LAWS PASSED TO REGULATE AND IMPROVE LAND TENURE:

 Philippine Bill of 1902— imposed specific conditions on the dispositions of
public lands
 Land Registration Act of 1902 (Act No. 496)—provided for a
comprehensive registration of land titles under the Torrens system
 Rice Share Tenancy Act of 1933 (Act No. 4054)—regulated relationship
between landowners and tenants of rice lands
 Tenancy Act of 1933 (Act No. 4113)—regulated relationships between
landowners and tenants of sugar cane fields

TORRENS SYSTEM OF LAND REGISTRATION

 Americans introduced it, whereby government-purchased titles were granted only
after the completion of a survey and land ownership had been proven in court
TREATY OF PARIS (1898)
 bound the US government to protect the interests of religious orders