Question

What is the broader history of the friar lands? Why did the Hacienda de Calamba become a site of agitation in the late nineteenth century?

Answer 1

Answer :

The three orders of the friars Dominicans, Augustinians, and Recoletos controlled most of these lands. These land owners not only controlled these lands, but acted as political authorities in these areas. The friars even had racial discrimination over the native Philippines.

The Hacienda de Calamba become a site of agitation in the late nineteenth century because, it was all started by the findings of Rizal on the land ownership of the friars. It was shocking that there was only a little land owned by the friars, but their possessions of the remaining land was unlawful.