1. Discuss the similarities and differences between the historical methodologies of Renato Constantino and Reynaldo Ileto. It is not related to any religious aspects.

The similarity between Constantino’s and Ileto’s methodology is that they both believed in the idea that Filipino history should also be focused upon the common people.

Explanation:

Constantino believed that one of the biggest mistakes committed by historians is that they tend to highlight and let the Filipino History revolve around the great or famous men and the colonizers. Constantino believed that history should be rewritten as a struggle of the people towards freedom and liberty. Ileto have similar ideas.

A similar method that these two authors use was using the common people or society will have a major affect in history. Renato Constantino has a belief that many historians focuses on the great people and colonizers of the past without relating it to the present(geelacerteza). Renato Constantino believe that the people especially the lower classes played and important role in making the history of the Philippines. While Reynaldo Ileto may originate the idea “a history from below” from Renato Constantino, because Ileto also believed that history should be focused on the common people not just by famous people.

they also have some differences Reynaldo Ileto labeled Renato Constantino and some other historians as an illustrado nationalists, because they focused on the important people that have played in the revolution such as Rizal and Bonifacio while making the people play a more passive role in their writings .

he believed that strong monarchies would lead to social and political stability.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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