American colonizers attempted to establish land reform measures in the philippines for the first time in

the 1930s. The first effort, initiated during the William H. Taft administration, was able to purchase
166,000 hectares of friar landholdings to be distributed to about 60,000 tenants.

However, it has been reported that because of the tenants’ ignorance of the law and the colonial
government’s policy of selling the lands at a very high price, the bulk of these estates went to american
firms, businessmen, and landlords.

There were widespread peasant uprisings, headed by the armed peasants’ groups known as colorum
and sakdalista of luzon and northeastern mindanao respectively. These uprisings resulted to social
disorder in 1920’s and 1930’s. Hence, more militant peasants and workers’ organizations bonded
together for a more collective action against the abuses of landlords and unjust landownership situation.

This gave birth to the communist party of the philippines.

American colonizers attempted to establish land reform measures in the philippines for the first time in
the 1930s. The first effort, initiated during the William H. Taft administration, was able to purchase
166,000 hectares of friar landholdings to be distributed to about 60,000 tenants.

However, it has been reported that because of the tenants’ ignorance of the law and the colonial
government’s policy of selling the lands at a very high price, the bulk of these estates went to american
firms, businessmen, and landlords.

There were widespread peasant uprisings, headed by the armed peasants’ groups known as colorum
and sakdalista of luzon and northeastern mindanao respectively. These uprisings resulted to social
disorder in 1920’s and 1930’s. Hence, more militant peasants and workers’ organizations bonded
together for a more collective action against the abuses of landlords and unjust landownership situation.

This gave birth to the communist party of the philippines.