Spanish Colonial Institutions

Name (Surname, First Name, M.I)

This system pitted natives against each other by recruiting other natives to be part of the defense forces

• The Bandala System
• The Polo
• Spanish Civil Guard
• Encomienda System

This system forced the indios into reaching quotas despite any destruction to their agricultural produce.

• The Bandala System
• The Polo
• Spanish Civil Guard
• Hacienda System

This system received most of the complaints of the natives due to its heavy monetary extraction.

• The Bandala System
• The Polo
• Spanish Civil Guard
• Hacienda System

This system was fortified by the lack of national consciousness among the natives

• The Bandala System
• The Polo
• Spanish Civil Guard
• Hacienda System

This system doomed all native farmers by forcing them to sell their agricultural produce to the government on pain of punishment.

• Encomienda System
• The Bandala
• Spanish Civil Guard
• Hacienda System

This system had the hollow concept of kasamahan.

• Encomienda System
• The Bandala
• The Polo
• Hacienda System

This system allowed the landowner to extract tribute and forced labor from all his farmers.

• Encomienda System
• The Bandala
• The Polo
• Hacienda System

This system had the concept of joint venture between the landowner and the farmers.

• Encomienda System
• The Bandala
• The Polo
• Hacienda System

This system, aimed to support construction, forced indios to go to the forest to cut and haul woods.

• Encomienda System
• The Spanish Civil Guard
• The Polo
• Hacienda System