The early Filipinos were living in well-organized villages called barangays. Each was ruled by a Datu.

Since money is not yet visible in this era, they made use of barter trade. it is trading something they have for what they don't have.

Male attire was kanggan and bahag while the women wore camisa and saya.

The Land Bridge Theory was believed to be the way that our first ancestors came to our country.It states that the Philippines was once a part of continental Asia, bridging China and the Asian main to Borneo, Indonesia, New Guinea and even Australia.

The Code of Kalantiaw was a mythical legal code in the epic story Maragtas. It is said to have been written in 1433 by Datu Kalantiaw, a chief on the island of Negros in the Philippines.

Negritos were believed to be the first people here in the Philippines by using the land bridges, then the Indones came followed by the Malays.

The balangay boats were used by the Malays as a way of transportation.

Alibata is a pre-colonial Philippine writing system that originated from the Javanese script Old Kawi.

The steersman's oar is missing its paddle, as is the mast in the center of the boat, against which the steersman would have braced his feet.This symbolizes that they are traveling to the next life.

The Manunggul Jar is a National Treasure of the Philippines.

The Tabon Caves are a set of caves north of Quezon municipality, in the south western part of the province of Palawan on Palawan Island, in the Philippines. The caves are named after the Tabon Scrubfowl.

The Polo y Servicio is forcing all male Filipinos from 16-20 years old. A person who rendered the forced labot was called "Polista". He could be exempted by paying the "falla", which is a sum of money.

The Filipinos hated the tribute because it reminded them of their bondage to Spain and it spawned Spanish abuses. Accordingly, the encomenderos forced the inhabitants to pay in kind like rice, appraising it at a low price and resold it to them at a very high price.

The Encomienda is the tribute given by the inhabitants living in a particular conquered territory which Spain gave to a Spanish colonizer as a reward for his services.

The 3G's: God, Gold and Glory were the main factors in colonizing Philippines. The cheif aim was the propagation of Catholicism Christianity. The second aim was the desire for economic wealth. And the third aim was of Spain's ambition to be the greatest empire in the world.

Males wore the Barong tagalog and Females wore Baro't saya. These were their outfit during their era.

The Martyrdom of GOMBURZA is one of the reasons why Filipinos opened from naionalism. This was a religious issue connected with the secularization controversy.

Blood compact or blood covenant (in Spanish pacto de sangre) is an old ritual where two people drink each other's blood as part of a native custom to seal a friendship, a pact or treaty, or to validate an agreement.

La Solidaridad was built buy the Illustrados but it didn't last that long for they didn't have enough budget.

The organ in which the K.K.K. had created by Emilio Jacinto, the Brains of the Katipunan.

The Manila galleons or Manila-Acapulco galleons (Spanish: Galeones de Manila-Acapulco) were Spanish trading ships that sailed once or twice per year across the Pacific Ocean between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco, New Spain.

Philippine money–multi-colored threads woven into the fabric of our social, political and economic life. From its early bead-like form to the paper notes and coins that we know today, our money has been a constant reminder of our journey through centuries as a people relating with one another and with other peoples of the world.

Religion had the biggest effect among the Philippines’ culture. One of the Spanish’s goals was to implement and convert all the Filipinos to Christians.

Spanish held the Phil with a sword on one hand and a cross on the other. Either they use Christianity to let the Filipinos follow them or they use brute force to do it.

Our money has been a constant reminder of our journey through centuries as a people relating with one another and with other peoples of the world.

Like the Malays, we also used boats as a form of transportation and even as a way of living by fishing.

Negritos made fire by rubbing two sticks together. These is one of the most important discovery wherein they learn to eat cooked food and we inherited it and use fire in different situations nowadays.

Unlike the Datu before, he has the power of an judiciary, executive, and legislative. While our system today is divided in three: judiciary(supreme court), executive(president), legislative(congress).

Evolution of the Flag

Flag1: The current Philippine National Flag evolved out of many earlier versions. But all of them traced their origin from the common endeavors of the Philippine revolutionaries to show their love for the country. The first Philippine flag was the war banner adopted by Andrew Bonifacio in 1842. It was a rectangular piece of red cloth, with three white Ks arranged to form three angles of an equilateral triangle.

Flag2: Several months before the outbreak of the revolution in 1896, Bonifacio had another flag made. This flag consisted of a red rectangular field, with a white-rayed sun in the middle and three white K's below it. This served as the Katipunan standard.

Flag3: In October 1896, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo fashioned out a banner consisting of a rectangular field, with a white sun in the middle. The sun had eight rays - representing the first eight provinces (Manila, Bulacan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Batangas,and Cavite) to take up arms against the Spaniards. In the middle of the white sun was a white K, in the ancient Tagalog script.

Flag4: On March 17, 1897 Aguinaldo displayed a new banner at the Naic Assembly. This was a rectangular red cloth, with a white mythological sun in the middle adorned with eyes, nose, and mouth. Radiating from the sun were eight group of rays, each group consisting of three rays. This flag was used in the Truce of Biak-na-Bato, on December 14-15, 1897.

Flag5: The current Philippines National Flag.

Barangays are still used now but the Datu is no longer in charge in the barangay.