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SOCIAL CLASSES
IN THE PHILIPPINES
(Spanish Period)
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PENINSULARESPeninsulares, Spaniards who are born in
Spain
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INSULARESSpaniards born in Philippines who took
important positions in the Spanish government in the Philippines.
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Peninsulares
• Pure blooded Spaniards born from Spain
• High positions in the Government
• The wealthiest and most politically powerful among the social classes
Insulares• Referred to as Kastilas
• Spaniards born in the Philippines• Recieves discrimination from fellow Spaniards
• A son or daughter of a Spanish couple is an insulare
• Highest class in the Philippines
• Enjoy various goverment and church positions
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ILUSTRADOS- (Spanish for "erudite," "learned," or "enlightened ones"). constituted the Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century
- They were the middle class who were educated in Spanish and exposed to Spanish liberal and European nationalist ideals.
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ILUSTRADOS
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PRINCIPALIA nobility class was the social and educated class in the towns of colonial Philippines composed of the Gobernadorcillo, or the Cabeza de Barangay who governed the districts and the awardees of the medal of Civil Merit.
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PRINCIPALIA
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MESTIZOSFilipinos of mixed indigenous Filipino
(Austronesian people/Malay/Malayo-Polynesian), or European or Chinese ancestry.
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MESTIZOS
MESTIZO DE SANGLEY
PERSON OF MIXED CHINESE AND FILIPINO ANCESTRY
MESTIZO DE ESPAŃOL
PERSON OF MIXED SPANISH AND FILIPINO ANCESTRY
TORNATRASPERSON OF MIXED SPANISH, FILIPINO, AND CHINESE ANCESTRY
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INDIOS person of pure Austronesian (Malay/Malayo-
Polynesian) ancestry (natives)
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Social Pyramid
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Sources:
•http://www.baguionews.net/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2666:an-unauthorized-history-of-the-philippines-8-in-a-series&catid=6:features&Itemid=13
• Agoncillo, Teodoro (History of the Philippines)
• http://www.thepinoywarrior.com/2012/01/spanish-filipino-caste-system.html• http://www.slideshare.net/mhara4u/social-status
• http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Social-Pyramid/406401• http://socresearchcorner.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html