The hacienda system of agriculture was further encouraged and reached its full development under the U.S. colonial regime. The purchase of a mere portion of the friar lands by the U.S. government in 1903

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Peasants were resented in the Middle Ages. It did not matter how intelligent or highly ambitious you were. You see, the prevailing worldview in the Middle Ages was referred to as the “great chain of being.”