I.

Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)

● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila
I. Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)
● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila
I. Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)
● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila
I. Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)
● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila
I. Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)
● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila
I. Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)
● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila
I. Precolonial Philippines (Baranganic States)
● Barangays and sultanates are the only unit of local government headed by datus
● Basis of barangay was the family, enlarged into kinship groups the clan
● Numerous, separate, small, and free communities (fragmented barangays)
II. Spanish Colonization
● Colonizers took advantage of the lack of cohesion of barangays to colonize
● Imposed the local government they establish in all their colonies:
○ Transformed barangays into barrios
○ Established pueblos (municipality) and provincias
○ Created Ayuntamientos (Auntamiento in Manila became the capital of centralized
government)
● Effect: alien system of government disintegrated indigenous community organization and
established a high degree of centralization in the capital in Manila