SS5: Reduccion and Spread of Catholicism

center of a settlement

• cabecera

• pueblo

• visita

municipal government established by the Spaniards

• cabecera

• pueblo

• visita

places farther than the visita

• cabecera

• pueblo

• rancho

places far from the pueblo

• plaza

• visita

• rancho

It is called the compulsory transfer of settlements.

• Reduccion

• Encomienda

• Paganism

Reduccion is derived from the Spanish word “reducir” which means to control or to conquer.

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The changes in the settlements of our ancestors in the Spanish period were primarily because of the exploiting the resources.

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Living far apart from one another was not a problem to the limited number of missionaries assigned to the Philippines.

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The Spaniards formed the system of reduccion to unify them in a pueblo or town.

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Father Andres de Urdaneta proposed the idea of establishing the reduccion which was approved by all religious orders.

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Answer explanation

It was Fr. Juan de Plasencia proposed the idea.