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What was the primary purpose of Legazpi's policy recognizing all public lands as part of the public domain?
What was the primary purpose of Legazpi's policy recognizing all public lands as part of the public domain?
- To allow the Spanish crown to control more land through the encomienda system
- To introduce private ownership of land
- To maintain the communal nature of the land
- To grant citizens free land to cultivate (correct)
What was the main issue with the encomienda system from the perspective of Filipino farmers?
What was the main issue with the encomienda system from the perspective of Filipino farmers?
- They were able to maintain the communal nature of the land
- They were required to render services unrelated to farming (correct)
- They were able to sell their products at a fair price
- They were granted legal titles to the land they cultivated
What was the main purpose of the Royal Decrees and the Maura Law regarding land ownership?
What was the main purpose of the Royal Decrees and the Maura Law regarding land ownership?
- To maintain the communal nature of the land
- To encourage landowners to secure legal titles (correct)
- To establish the hacienda system as a new form of land ownership
- To confiscate large estates granted to the friars
What was the main consequence of peasant farmers failing to comply with the Maura Law?
What was the main consequence of peasant farmers failing to comply with the Maura Law?
What was the primary goal of the Philippine Revolution of 1898?
What was the primary goal of the Philippine Revolution of 1898?
What was the ultimate outcome of the Philippine Revolution of 1898?
What was the ultimate outcome of the Philippine Revolution of 1898?
What was the predominant land ownership system during the pre-Spanish era in the Philippines?
What was the predominant land ownership system during the pre-Spanish era in the Philippines?
Which group of people during the pre-Spanish era could potentially own lands?
Which group of people during the pre-Spanish era could potentially own lands?
What was the obligation of free people regarding land cultivation during the pre-Spanish era?
What was the obligation of free people regarding land cultivation during the pre-Spanish era?
What changed in the Philippine land system after the arrival of the Spanish colonizers?
What changed in the Philippine land system after the arrival of the Spanish colonizers?
Which group of people during the pre-Spanish era could never hold lands?
Which group of people during the pre-Spanish era could never hold lands?
Which of the following statements best describes the land ownership practices during the pre-Spanish era?
Which of the following statements best describes the land ownership practices during the pre-Spanish era?
