Social Structure During The 19TH Century White
Social Structure During The 19TH Century White
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19 CENTURY
Philippine society was predominantly feudalistic –
the results of the Spanish land holding system
imposed upon the country with the arrival of the
conquistadores.
An elite class exploited the masses, fostered by the
“master-slave” relationship between the Spaniards and
the Filipinos.
The Spaniards exacted all forms of taxes and
tributes, and drafted the natives for manual labor.
Spanish Peninsulares
Spanish Insulares