Which Spanish official position served as the chief colonial administrator of the Philippines during most of the colonial era?

Governor-General of the Philippines

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Spanish colonization and the Galleon trade

Test your knowledge of Spain's rule in the Philippines: governors, the Manila–Acapulco galleon, key dates, and major uprisings.0 takes

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01Who led the expedition that established the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines in 1565?
02Which port city became the primary Pacific terminus of the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade?
03Between which two ports did the Manila galleons regularly sail?
04Which Spanish official position served as the chief colonial administrator of the Philippines during most of the colonial era?
05In what year did Miguel López de Legazpi found the city that later became the Spanish colonial capital, Manila?
06Which 18th–19th century rebellion in the Philippines is known as the longest-running revolt against Spanish rule?
07What primary commodity from New Spain (Mexico) was most associated with the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade?
08Which European power occupied Manila briefly in 1762 during the Seven Years' War?
09What royal court or tribunal served as the highest judicial and administrative body in the colony, established early in Spanish rule?
10Which 19th-century Filipino reform movement sought assimilation and representation within the Spanish Empire rather than immediate independence?
11Which treaty ended formal Spanish colonial rule over the Philippines in 1898?