Philippine History
The Italian nobleman who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan and documented the first voyage around the world.
Antonio Pigafetta
This type of source is an original record created during a historical event, such as letters, photographs, or government documents.
Primary Source
This is the process by which historians analyze, examine, and explain past events using available evidence.
Historical Interpretation
Before Spanish colonization, early Filipinos gave this customary tribute to their datus based on kinship, protection, and reciprocity rather than compulsory taxation.
Buhis, Buwis, or Handug
This was the first provisional constitution of the Philippine revolutionary government, promulgated on November 1, 1897.
Constitution of Biak-na-Bato
What agreement did Magellan and Rajah Humabon perform to symbolize friendship and alliance?
Blood Compact (Blood Treaty)
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Historians concluded that this island was the site of the first Easter Sunday Mass in the Philippines because it matched the accounts of Francisco Albo and Antonio Pigafetta.
Limasawa
his was Spain's first formal tax in the Philippines, imposed on Filipino households and initially paid in kind before gradually shifting to cash.
Tributo
This constitution was the first democratic constitution in Asia and established the legal framework of the First Philippine Republic.
Malolos Constitution
What value does Rule XI of the Kartilya ng Katipunan emphasize regarding women?
Respect for women (or "Women should be treated as companions, not as objects.")
This approach to history focuses on a particular community or small geographic area, enriching national history with unique local experiences.
Local History
According to Trinidad Pardo de Tavera and Edmond Plauchut, this event was caused by workers' grievances rather than a planned revolution against Spain.
Cavite Mutiny of 1872
Established in 1781 under Governor-General José Basco y Vargas, this became Spain's most profitable monopoly and made the colony financially self-sufficient.
Tobacco Monopoly
This amendment replaced the National Assembly with a bicameral Congress consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
1940 amendment to the Commonwealth Constitution
The slave-interpreter of Magellan who was mistreated after Magellan's death and is believed to have played a role in the events leading to the Cebu Massacre.
Enrique of Malacca
Historians use this method to overcome the scarcity of local written records by collecting memories and firsthand accounts from witnesses and community elders.
Oral History
This was proven by William Henry Scott to be a historical hoax invented by Jose E. Marco.
Code of Kalantiaw
According to Mariano Herbosa's 1886 letter to José his 1939 law laid the foundation of modern Philippine tax administration by replacing the normal tax and surtax with a single progressive income tax and introducing other major reforms.
National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC)
This constitutional principle in the Malolos Constitution declared that sovereignty belongs to the people, making government officials merely delegates of the citizens.
Retroversion of Sovereignty
According to the philosophy of the Kartilya ng Katipunan, true national freedom can only be achieved through this kind of revolution within every individual.
Internal moral revolution
According to the presentation, these four major factors should be considered when studying a person's life history.
Family and Genealogy, Education and Institutions, Community and Environment, and Personal Experiences
According to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, this is the officially recognized date and place of the Cry of Rebellion despite conflicting eyewitness accounts.
August 23, 1896, at Pugad Lawin
According to Mariano Herbosa's 1886 letter to José Rizal, these were three major criticisms of the Spanish colonial tax system.
Excessive and Arbitrary Taxation, Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Tax Collection, and Unfair Property Tax Assessments
Under the 1987 Constitution, these are the three legal methods by which the Constitution may be amended or revised, all of which require ratification by a majority vote in a national referendum.
Constituent Assembly, a Constitutional Convention, and a People's Initiative