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- He also made the colony independent by freeing it from the control of New Spain and other Pacific Islands including the Philippines. Hoping to free the Philippines from Mexican and Chinese trade, Basco established reforms including incentivizing the production of cotton, spices, sugarcane, and mining, as well as rewarding scientific reforms.
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Not until the 1830's did the demand for Philippine tobacco abroad lead to the expansion of tobacco production. Among others, the German geographer Albert Kolb has suggested that van den Bosch used Don José Basco y Vargas' tobacco-culture of the Philippines as his model.
- Karl J Pelzer
- 1974
Hoping to free the Philippines from Mexican and Chinese trade, Basco established reforms including incentivizing the production of cotton, spices, sugarcane, and mining, as well as rewarding scientific reforms.
Mar 20, 2010 · Those interventions would come in the form of the innovative Basque Governor-General Jose Basco y Vargas, the Real Compania de Filipinas (Royal Company of the Philippines) and the few but...
- Alejandro R. Roces
In this influential study Phelan analyzes the transformations of the Philippine society under Spanish colonization, specifically changes in the spheres of labor, agricul-ture, ecology, political organization, culture, and religion.
Feb 26, 2019 · When Jose Basco was appointed to become the governor-general of the Philippines in 1778, he sought to reverse the situation and make the Philippines financially self-sufficient. He went on to formulate a plan to develop the natural resources of the Philippines.
ANNEXATION TO THE PHILIPPINES In 1771, a Dominican chapter decided to propose to the King of Spain that he take under his personal patronage the conquest of Batanes. He agreed. So under the governorship in the Philippines of Don Jose Basco y Vargas, two Dominicans and an assortment of government officials and functionaries
Apr 21, 2017 · Local revolts against clergy practices (Pilapil 1961) led to the development of a Philippine reform movement, often led by Filipino-born priests. The last galleon reached Manila in 1815, and the trade monopoly started to erode.
