With Spanish colonialism came the Latin alphabet, as well as the fall and eventual extinction of baybayin. The earliest instructors on the islands were Spanish missionaries who taught converted Filipinos Catholicism, the Latin alphabet, and the Spanish language. These teachers bequeathed these cultures to their pupils, who then passed them on to their own children. The first printed book in the Philippines was a Bible in Filipino called "Dios ng Bayan" (God of our nation) published in Madrid in 1615. It was written by an Italian Jesuit priest named Matteo Ricci, who traveled throughout Asia printing bibles and teaching Christianity. When he reached the Philippines, Ricci built several churches and schools and began to teach the natives reading and writing in the local tongue. He also introduced them to astronomy, mathematics, and science in general. The books he printed are now valuable treasures for historians of literature to study. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain (1767), the Philippines remained under Spanish rule but adopted a constitutional monarchy. In 1814, Miguel de La Torre became president of the council of regency while his son Felipe was a child. When Felipe came of age, he ruled with help from his mother, who served as chief minister. In 1840, Queen Isabella II was forced out of Spain and into exile, leaving her husband Prince-Regent Fernando to rule alone.