III.Pre-colonial Philippines (on culture and life ways) William Henry Scott’s book Barangay
a.Looking into the Preface or the introductory section of the book. What was/ were the author’s objective/ s in writing the book and did he achieve that/ those objective/s? The main objective of William Henry Scott in writing the book is to answer the question, “What did the Spaniards actually say about the Filipino people when they first met them?”. Another objective of the book is to let the readers know the life and culture in the 16th century of the country particularly in Visayas. This book also shows the life of the Filipinos even before the colonizers came, the migration in the country and the word “barangay.”
b.Looking at different existing
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Please cite two examples. The society before were led by datus but when the Spaniards came to colonize us, one Spaniard became the leader in the whole country and the datus became only the subleader and follows the order of those who are higher in rank. In modern times, it still exists on the country, the President is the leader of the whole country, and there are government officials below him, like senators, governors, mayors and barangay officials. Another ultra-liberal cultural practices that were eradicated during colonial period and re still quite non-existent at the present, is the gender inequality. Before the Spanish era in the country, men and women have the same rights and benefits. But in the colonial time, there’s already an inequality between the two, women are forgotten, and men empowered. And up until now, it is observed in the …show more content…
It made me realize that the Indios or the early Filipinos are not that uncivil and pitiful since they already made a life and culture of their own and so I conclude and agreed to what Rizal’s pre-colonial view that the country even before the Spaniard’s colonization, already has its own progressing civilization with its own culture and virtues. If there are two old aspects of the pre-colonial lifeways, I wish to be still retained and present, that would be the natural science of the Indios, even though the world today are at its worst conditions and today’s weather is unpredictable and also I want to taste and eat the food and delicacies of the older
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to reign. During his reign of three months and 10 days he was taken captive to Babylon with 10,000 captives. Zedekiah 's real name was Mattaniah. He was the youngest son of the good king, Josiah. He was the third son of Josiah that took over the throne.
Jimmy Santiago Baca’s Self Revelation Through Poetry A man with nothing to lose could be considered more dangerous than a man with everything to gain. The back and forth, up and down, side to side story of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s life shows that a man fighting for survival yearns more than a man fighting for simple possessions. Prison takes a toll on people differently, but those people have to accept the fact that jail is now their home for the time being. Some may continue along the beaten path, consuming themselves with regret, anger, or denial; but, some may seek a smoother path, digging deep and figuring out how to modify their lives for the better.
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In colonial America, white women and white men had two different and distinct roles, whether it may be the first migration, the transitional period, or the revolutionary era, women had to the responsibility of taking care of domestic matters. In the early colonial period, women had the expectation and role of ensuring the colony’s survival and longevity through childbirth and rearing. As new colonies emerged and the original colonies of New England and Chesapeake expanded, women were not only responsible for birthing children, mostly boys that will inherit their father’s wealth, now they were also expected for the moral upbringing of their children. Women, in predominantly patriarchal religious communities like the Puritans, had to raise religious
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The mid to early 1800s marked a dynamic period in America’s history. Powerful movements such as the Market revolution the Second Great Awakening gave way to new moral and socio-economic beliefs. These new found beliefs fueled a series of reform movement and earned this era the name the Age of Reforms. Although movements such as temperance restricted democracy in the US, to a greater extent, reform movements such as public education, women’s rights, and abolition expanded democracy by giving power and basic rights to women, slaves, and the lower class.
While reading about American history the thing that I found most appealing was the limited rights that women had during this era. Although women gave the early settlers longer life expectancy and brought hope to their future, women still were not considered equal to a man. Women were discriminated against and didn’t play an important role in early American history. Generally, women had fewer legal rights and career opportunity than men because they were considered weak and not able to perform certain tasks. Different women came from different ethnic backgrounds and were all created equal in the eyes of men.
As Albert J. Beveridge pointed out in Document B, “would not the people of the Philippines prefer the just, human, civilizing government of this republic to the savage, bloody rule… from which we have saved them?” Just, human, civilizing? Strict, biased, Christianizing was more like it. In these islands, the United States of America once again made the same mistake it had made with the Native Americans. Determined that there way was the best way, ‘the slaughter of the Filipinos’ (Doc.
Thus, it is necessary to conclude that women have always played an important role in the development of history. History that involves women has been developed throughout the centuries, constantly changing its goals and forms, increasing the popularity movement of the American women in the late 1800’s. Women were discriminated for many things for a very long time, it wasn’t until the late 1800’s that women actually started to gain very few rights. The late 1800’s is very important time for women as it gets the movement started for Women’s Suffrage, and ultimately the late 1800’s starts to open the way for equality for women and
Women’s place and role in the society is something that has been discussed and changed over time. Should their rights be the same as men’s? Should they be superior? Inferior? The world faces a dilemma on weather they should be or not equal as men.
The Philippines had been fighting for their freedom against the Spanish for many years. Naturally, when America defeated the Spaniards in the war, the Filipinos rejoiced at the thought that they may be able to finally return safely and peacefully back to their home, Manila. Where this information comes from in the text, would be: “These Filipinos believed that
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