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An agricultural town
Owned by the Dominican friars
Became prosperous due its specialization in sugar
The Role of the Chinese in the Philippines
Educated man
Took courses in Latin and Philosphy at Colegio de San Jose
Honesty
Frugality
industrious
Teodora Alonso
Educated woman
Went to Colegio de santa Rosa
Disciplinarian
Woman of more than average education
Woman of culture and religion
Sacrificing and industrious wife
At the age of three he learned how to pray and read the Bible
Age of four, his sister Concepcion died.
He mastered the alphabet at three years old
Great interest in reading, sketching, painting and sculpture
In 1848 Governor General Narciso Claveria issued
a decree ordering that all natives adapt new
surnames so that they can be taxed properly
This would solve confusion as there were many
people with identical surnames.
While it helped facilitate the collection of taxes the
decree had an unintended effect: it helped erase
historical connections between families and made
historical research very complicated and difficult.
Is rizal and Indio or a Mestizo?
Since the Mercado Family already intermarried with
mestizos and lived in the islands for generations, they
were now considered as NATIVES
First taste of injustice