COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PHILIPPINE

HISTORY
Philippines – Pearl of the Orient, comprised of 7,641 islands.
1898 – The Spanish-American War ended.
Martial Law – imposed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Pearl Harbor- the Japanese surprise attack in America
Clark field in Pampanga- bombing mission of Japanese in the Philippines.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki – City in Japan wherein the American Air Force drops a Nuclear
Bomb.
People Power Movement – 4 day protest in Manila, in EDSA
Ferdinand Magellan – 1st recorded European contact with the Philippine Island.
Cebu – Island of ZUGBO, Humabon in waging a battle against a rival chieftain, Lapu-Lapu
of Mactan. The Capital of the new Spanish colony.
1565 – 1st Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on cebu by Miguel Lopez de
Legaspi.
Rajah Soliman – controlled an area of Luzon. The NEW Capital of the Spanish colony.
KKK – kataastaasan kagalang galang na katipunan ng mga anak ng bayan,
KATIPUNAN, organized by Andres Bonifacio.
Biac-na-bato – a place that in negotiated truce.
Treaty of Paris – Peace negotiation between spain and the United States.
William Howard Taft – President of United States appointed General MacArthur to rule and
govern the Philippines.
Deep-water harbor – at subic bay, major anchorage for the US naval fleet.
Jones Act – instituted an elected Philippine senate and compromised eventual independence.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – New President of US who supports the Tydings-McDuffie Act of
1934 stipulated that the Philippines would become an independent republic on July 4, 1946.
HUKBALAHAPS- hukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon
1944 – Osmenia succeeded Quezon, who died in the US.
April 1946- Roxas became the 1st president of the new republic.
April 1948 – Roxas died and was succeeded by Vice President Quirino, who won presidency
in 1949.
Luis Taruc – HUKS Leader.
1953- Magsaysay was the clear winner in the presidential election.
March 1957 – Magsaysay died in plane crash and was succeeded by his vice president Carlos
Garcia, and was elected president in his own right in November 1957.
1961 - Diosdado Macapagal win the presidency.
1965 – election gave to presidency to Ferdinand E. Marcos. The 1st president who win a
second term.
September 21, 1972 – President Ferdinand E. Marcos Proclaimed Martial Law by virtue of
Proclamation No. 1081.
EDSA – Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
Mendiola Massacre – government security forces opened fire on the protester and killed 20
people.
Laban lang.