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Area Studies Segment 51 PDF
Area Studies Segment 51 PDF
- Described by the United States as the first Vietnam war due to its brutality
and severity
- Death toll according to PAWCI (Philippine-American War Centennial
Initiative)
- Luzon and Visayas : 22,000 Soldiers & half a million civilians
- Mindanao : 100,000 Muslims
- Causes of deaths aside from the crossfire:
- Famine
- Cholera epidemic (137,505)
- Philippine Insurrection ended at July 1902
The Philippine Colonial State, 1902-1946
Politics and the Philippines Assembly
The Philippine Colonial State, 1902-1946
Politics and the Philippines Assembly
Filipinization
Filipinization
Filipinization
- In 1916 the US gave its stamp approval to the Filipinization with the
Philippine Autonomy Act, a.k.a Jones Law
- The Law abolished the Philippine Commision and passed on its
remaining legislative functions to the upper house of the bicameral
legislature
- Then created the Council of State “to harmonize the executive and
legislative departments
The Philippine Colonial State, 1902-1946
Politics and the Philippines Assembly
“It will now never be so … for an executive to ride ruthlessly over the person
he is sent here to given, without due regard for their sentiments and due
consideration of their wishes.”
Philippine Commonwealth
Philippine Commonwealth
- The administrative body that governed the Philippines from 1935 - 1946
- The 10-year transitional commonwealth of the Philippines, with the
indepence scheduled for
Criticism on Filipinization -
December 8, 1941, within hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese
launched an air raid on military facilities in the Philippines.
Manuel Quezon, Sergio Osmena and a number of their staff were ferried to
Australia and hence to the United States to establish a government in exile
The Philippine Colonial State, 1902-1946 II
World War II and the Second Republic
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