Events that led to the rise of Illustrados

Enlightenment

Promoted reason, knowledge, and intellectual freedome

Rights of women

increased discussions abt women’s rights and equality

Growth of literacy and reading

more people gained access to education, books, & written materials

Age of printing press

spread of printed materials helped circulate new ideas and knowledge

Rise of modern philosophers

thinkers such as John locke developed ideas abt government, individual rights, and human freedom

Discussions on Life, liberty, and equality

enlightenment thinkers emphasized individual freedom and equal rights

Progress, secularization, and individualism

society increasingly valued progress, reason, secular ideas, and individual freedom

challenge to the divine right of kings

people began questioning the belief that monarchs ruled by divine authority

Separation of church and state

enlightenment ideas supported limiting the political influence of religious institutions

Social change

new ideas contributed to changes in social structures and the emergence of different social classes

abolition of slavery

enlightenment ideas influenced later movements against slavery, including emancipation of enslaved people in the US under president abraham lincoln

1821

Mexican independence from Spain

1834

Spain opened Manila/Ph to world trade

Illustrados

educated filipino middle class

bankruptcy of real compaña de filipinas

what led the king to open manila to world trade