Contributions Of the Spanish missionaries in the Philippines

These missionaries acted as community development workers, educators, engineers, agriculturalists, printers, librarians, writers, social workers, musicians, scientists, architects, and artists.

1. Founders of Towns
The missionaries founded many towns and cities in the Philippines. Our modern towns grew out of these early Spanish settlements. The Spaniards wanted the Filipino within hearing distance of church bells, and so, towns and villages formed rectangular buildings, residential houses, and rectangular street blocks. Gone were the scattered dwellings of the early Filipinos, and in its place arose the orderly communities, with roads and street names. The Catholic Church became the most beautiful building, and the center of town life.

2. Engineers Of Infrastructure Projects
The Spanish missionaries were skillful in building roads, bridges, forts, and irrigation dams.

3. Agriculturists
The missionaries were also responsible for the introduction of new plants and animals in the Philippines. These new food plants came from Mexico and Europe, such as corn, coffee, cacao, tomatoes, squash, lima beans, achuete, guavas, peanuts, chico, papaya, potatoes, cincamas, cabbage, eggplant, pineapple, sugarcane, and wheat. They also brought plants like cotton and indigo. Filipinos learned to eat bread and drink coffee or chocolate. Other new foods introduced by Spain were beef(from cattle), sausages(longaniza), ham(jamon), and Spanish sardines. In addition, from other parts of Europe came imported canned goods like chorizo de Bilbao, olive oil, and pickles. Spain also brought into the country new animals like goats, carabaos, cattle, horses, pigeons, and etc.

4. Industrialists
The Spanish missionaries taught the Filipinos new industries. They introduced new methods in fishing, weaving, mining, farming, and metal-work which increase productivity; cattle raising, the cultivation of corn and bananas, fish and salt drying, iron and copper mining;and weaving of hats and mats. The people learned to make silk, candles, and soap; quarry adobe stones; as indigo from tropical plants. In addition, they introduced the manufacture of lime and tiles for building purposes, and the construction of stone houses and churches. Moreover, products manufactured from hemp, sugar, coconut, and tobacco plants, which we began to grow in large quantities, now became major industries that were started by the Spaniards.

5. Architects
Many beautiful churches with Byzantine, Baroque, Ionian, Doric, Corinthian, Graeco-Roman, and Gothic architectural designs were built in the Philippines during the Spanish era. They were among the greatest legacies of Spain to the country. These stone churches were not only houses of worship but they were also outstanding works of art. Famous churches built by the religious orders are the San Agustin Church and the Manila Cathedral in Manila; Morong Church in Rizal; Barasoain Church in Malolos: San Fernando and Bauan Churches in La Union; and the Vigan Church in Ilocus Sur, among others.

6. The Obras Pias
Before the first banks were established in the country, there were obras pias. These were funds donated to various religious orders by rich persons in society. These were then loaned by the friars to businessman who needed money, and the interests earned were used for charitable works.

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Economic Policies of Spanish Government

Nowadays, and thank to the constitution, Spanish government respects full all rights of tits citizen. Now Spain has no official religion. The constitution disestablished the Roman Catholic Church as the official state of religion, although more than 90% of the population are at least nominally Catholic. Spain enjoys political plurality and freedom of speech.

The Spanish Colonial Government

The Philippine Islands first came to the attention of Europeans when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed there on 1521, claiming the lands of Spain. He was defeated by Lapu-lapu, a native chieftain, at the battle of Mactan, where he died. However, his ships reached the Spice Islands. The navigational charts of one of the ships, the Victoria, which circumnavigated the globe, were delivered to Seville in 1522. In 1529, by the treaty of Zargosa,Spain relinquished all claims to the Spice Islands to Portugal. This treaty did not stop subsequent colonization.

Beliefs And Practices of Islam

Beliefs....
Muslims believe that there is only one god(allah). In Islam to believe in Allah's existence but also to believe in all Allah's attributions, to worship Allah alone, and to obey all Allah's commands. Muslims do not believe that Allah sleeps, gets tired, or dies. Those attributes are only for Allah's creatures. Allah has neither weakness of weariness. Muslims do not believe that human beings are created in the image of Allah. Muslims believe that there is no intermediary who will take any one nearer to Allah or plead on anyone's behalf. They believe that any individual can directly supplicate to Allah and ask for anything he/she wants.



Practices....
Within Islam itself, every Muslim , has to practice certain worship, some personal practices, and five prayers everyday. Every male and female is expected to perform prayers five times a day. Also, they fast during the month of the Ramadan. Fasting is very important, highly spiritual that you can go through, along with prayers and devotion at night during the month.. They have five steps in praising they're god. First: Lying Second: Bowing Third: Kneeling Forth: Sitting and the last but not the least, The fifth: standing.

My Social Relevance on the film "Jose Rizal"

When I was watching the film "Jose Rizal" i always close my eyes, because i don't want to see how Spaniards treated the Filipinos before. Even the Filipinos tell the truth that they did not do anything wrong still the Spaniards hurt them or suffer from they're hands even the boy, the sakristan of the father Damaso, he wiped him using the sling. The SociaL Relevance for me is FREEDOM, LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY.

"Historical Significance of the Film"

Historical Significance of the film is that fight for your freedom, justice and liberty Don't fear anything except God even if your blood shed at least you fight for your country. That's all.

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