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- Males only
Steps to train Filipinos for self – government: - 23 years old or more
- Resident of the municipality for
1. Cooper Law or the Phil Bill of 1902 at least 6 months
- Had held a position in the govt
- The law responsible for the during the Spanish times or
creation of the Phil Assembly . owned a property worth P500 or
- It gave the Filipinos the right to paid a tax of P30 a year
be represented in the law - Can speak English or Spanish
making body exclusively for
Filipinos d. The women, poor and uneducated
were not given the same right
2. Jones Law in 1916
e. Effect of the Municipal Law - to
- Both Houses of law making perpetuate the rule of the principalia
bodies were handed exclusively or the elite groups
to the Filipinos “as soon as a
stable govt could be be
established therein” 2. The Phil Commission reorganized the
Provincial govt by passing the
3. Under Gov Gen Francis Burton Provincial Code Act.
Harrison
a. The prov govt was to be
- Gave the Filipinos greater administered by a board composed
participation in govt of a governor, treasurer and
- Filipinos were employed in low supervisor
and high positions in govt. this
process is called Filipinization b. Governor - elected by qualified
voters
4. Tydings McDuffie Act in 1934
- 2 years term only
- Provided for a transition govt
called the Commonwealth. c. Treasurer and supervisor -
- At the end of the transition appointed only
period, the Phils would finally
be given her independence.
1. Highly educated and pro American a. The Filipinos has the capacity
Filipinos were given seats in the to govern themselves
Philippine commission.
b. He r3commended for the
- Like Pardo de Tavera abolition of the Phil
- Jose Luzuriaga etc Commission
5. Legislative Power
Jones Law
4. Executive branch
The Legislature 4. The govt then can be called to be run by
Filipinos under US authority
1. The Filipinos began to enjoy self -
government 5. The significance of the Harrison
Administration—
2. Events:
- Larger Filipino participation in
a. With Phil Assembly of 1907, The govt but these people belonged to the
Filipinos shared with the Americans educated class.
the responsibility of making laws.
Filipinization in the end meant
b. Then Jones Law of 1916 – all the bureaucracy in the hands of the
tasks of making laws are now in the illustrados or the Old Principalia class.
hands of the Filipinos
1. Composition:
Exception –
The upper bracket of govt
service where final decisions were made
by the Gov Gen and the Vice Gov who
were all Americans