This authority was extended by the King to all of his Governor Generals assigned in the colonies; it was called the Patronato real. With this kind of Political set up the church missionaries before were assigned to directly supervised the election of governadorcillo for every Pueblo (governadorcillo was the only highest elective position for every Filipinos to attain). (Town was called Pueblo). Those times missionaries were also one among those influential persons in the society, they also tasked to be the inspectors in the community where they belong.

In the year 1719-1721, Archbishop Francisco Dela Cuesta after the death of Governor General Manuel Bustillo Bustamante took over the position of Acting Governor General in the Philip pines as essence of the unification of the church and state and was also followed in the year 1761-1762; Archbishop Manuel De Rojo also acted as Governor General till the replacement from Spain will arrive.

There were areas before in the Philippines formed a resistance against Spanish authorities those areas were called corregimentos. A Spanish officer assigned to secure the place was known as corregidores. Province were known as alcadias and alcadias highest lease was called alcadia mayor, the position was by an appointment of the ministry of colonies. The said official will exercise two powerful functions into his area of jurisdiction. The executive and the judiciary , he will act as the Provincial judge. The alcalde mayor was entitled of a salary and privileges in trade and commerce call indulto ded commercio that can give him an extra income.

Because of this privileges vested on them, as the executive and the provincial judge, many of them took advantage to their position and controlled the businesses and monopolized all within their provinces.

Smaller than the province is called city, in Philippines history the first city has been organized in Cebu in 1569 and Manila was the next in the year 1574.

The city government was call ayuntamineto, with its city council known as Cabeldo. The composition of Cabeldo were the Alcade (The Mayor) and regidores (councilors), The Secretary of the council was called escubando and alguacil mayor was the Chief of Police.

In the Municipal level it was governed by a person called governadorcillo (petty governor) (Municipal is called Pueblo) the governadorcillo was the executive and the tax collector of his town. They were elected by fellow Filipinos through a secret ballot every year by.

Under each municipality or pueblo there were barangays or before also known as barrios headed by the cabeza de barangay. Their duty was to collect taxes within their territory and remitted it to the governadorcillo. The cabeza de barangay were the former datus or lakan, initially the position was by virtue of hereditary but later it becomes appointed. The governadorcillo, and the cabeza de barangay were not receiving salaries unlike the alcalde mayor and alcalde, the only privilege they can get was the exemption to polo (force labor) and tax payment plus the status symbol in the society that they were part of the principalis or local aristocracy which bring to the family pride and honor.