FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Gobernadorcillo
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Cabeza
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The gobernadorcillo was the leader of a town or pueblo (people or population). In a coastal town, the gobernadorcillo functioned as a port captain. They were appointed through an exclusive nomination provided by the Spanish law. Their term of office lasted for two years.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Principalía or noble class was the ruling and usually educated upper class in the pueblos of the Spanish Philippines, comprising the gobernadorcillo (who had functions similar to a town mayor), and the cabezas de barangay (heads of the barangays) who governed the districts.
Detailed explanation-3: -The gobernadorcillo of Calamba in 1849 was identified as Don Juan Bernaldo, according to a list of Calamba local officials made by Jose Rizal (in Ocampo 2002: 548).