POLGOV
Taong tabon- remains discovered in the Tabon Caves in Lipuun Point in Quezon, Palawan
Angono Petroglyphs - There are 127 human and animal figures engraved on the rockwall probably carved
during the late Neolithic, or before 2000 BC
Barangays- derived from the Austronesian word balangay, a boat.
Datu (Chieftain)- ruled each barangay, which was independent of the other barangay
Maginoos- council of elders that aids the datu as administration of justice
Umalohokan- announcer
The Philippines Under colonial rule
Magellan Expedition - a Portuguese who was ignored by his king when he broached his plan to sail to
Malacca and Africa, offered his service to the Spanish monarch, King Charles I.
(TRINIDAD,VICTORIA,CONCEPTION, SANTIAGO, AND SAN ANTONIO) - this was the five
ships that was granted to Magellan by Spain
Circumnavigation- Prove that the world is round
March 17,1521 – Magellan saw the mountains of what Samar is now, they landed at Homonhon on the
following day and sailed again to Limasawa and met Rajah Kulambo. After befriending Rajah
kulambu, magellan ordered a mass to be celbrated and a giant cross planted on the top of the hill.
Magellan then took possesion of the island under the name of King Charles and named it,
Archipelago of Saint Lazarus
April 8, 1521- Rajah Humabon the chieftain of Cebu, welcomed the Spaniards. His wife and many
natives were converted to Christians and erected a cross on the island.
Battle of Mactan
Rajah Sulah vs Rajah Lapulapu, Magellan pledged to help Rajah Sulah but met his end. It was on April
27,1521
The Villalobos and Legazpi Expeditions
Ruy Lopez de Villalobos- Came 20 year after Magellan’s death
He named the islands of Samar and Leyte as Felipinas, in honor of Prince Philip of Spain, who later
become King Philip II.
In 1564, King Phillip sent an expedition to the east led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the
expedition reached Cebu in 1565
June 24, 1571, Legazpi made manila the capital of the Philippines.
The Philippines Under Spanish Rule
Council of Indies-The most important administrative organ of the Spanish Empire for the Americas
and the Philippines.
Governor General- Appointed by the king as his official representative
Alacalde mayor- appointed by the Governor General as the leader of a province
Gobernadorcillo-leader of the municipal government
Cabeza- head of barrio or barangay
The Early Revolts Against Spanish Rule
Ilustrado-the Filipino educated class
Mestizo-a man of mixed race, especially one having Spanish and indigenous descent.
GomBurZa- Padre Mariano Gomez, Padre Jose Burgos at Padre Jacinto Zamora
The Reform Movement and the Katipunan
Propaganda- a movement sought the assimilation of the Philippines as a province of Spain.
Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaina, And Marcelo H. Del Pilar.
La Solidaridad - Newspaper
Dr. José Rizal (Laong Laan and Dimasalang)
Marcelo H. del Pilar (Plaridel)
Graciano Lopez Jaena (Diego Laura)
Antonio Luna (Taga-Ilog)
Mariano Ponce (Tikbalang, Kalipulako, Naning)
Jose Maria Panganiban (Jomapa)
Dominador Gomez (Ramiro Franco)
Kataastaasan, kagalanggalangan katipunan ng mga anak ng araw was founded by Andres
Bonifacio.
its primary goal was to gain independence from Spain through a revolution
Katipunan Heroes The 1896 revolution
Emilio Aguinaldo
Andres Bonifacio Cavite, Manila, Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan, Pampanga,
Apolinario Mabini Tarlac and Nueval Ecija
Melchora Aquino
Gabriela Silang
Then in the morning of December 10, 1986, Rizal was
Emilio Jacinto Executed
Francisco Dagohoy
The Tejeros Convention
March 22, 1897, the katipuneros decided to form a new government
Magdalo (Aguinaldo) vs Magdiwang(Bonifacio)
May 10, 1987, Bonifacio brothers was executed (Bundok buntis, maragondong mountain
The Biak Na Bato Republic
Truce of biak na bato
Spaniards and the Biak na Bato republic
entered an agreement whereby he and
his men go into exile in Hong Kong in
exchange for P800,000
Spanish American War
May 1, 1898, Americans attacked Spanish fleet in manila bay where the Spaniards was easily
defeated.
America convinces Aguinaldo to come back and continue the struggle against the Spaniards.
Where Aguinaldo proclaimed independence on June 12, 1898.
This series of event lead to the Mock Battle of Manila
Treaty of Paris
December 10,1898, Spain turned over the Philippines to the US for the Sum of 20 million dollars.
The First Philippine Republic
Inaugurated on January 23, 1899, with Aguinaldo as its president.
The Political Constitution of 1899 (Spanish: Constitución Política de 1899), informally known as the
Malolos Constitution, was the basic law of the First Philippine Republic.
Schurman Commission
Its final report was submitted on January 3, 1900, and recommended the establishment of a civil
government having a bicameral legislature and being financially independent from the United
States. The report also recommended the establishment of a system of public education.
Taft Commission
- Second Philippine Commission
- established by United States President William McKinley on March 16, 1900, following the
recommendations of the First Philippine Commission
- after the passage of the Philippine Organic Act in 1902, the Commission functioned as a House
of bicameral legislature until it was supplanted in 1916 by an elected legislature established in
1916 by the Philippine Autonomy Act
The Philippine bill of 1902
The Philippine Organic Act
was a basic law for the Insular Government that was enacted by the United States Congress on July 1,
1902. It is also known as the Philippine Bill of 1902 and the Cooper Act, after its author Henry A.
Cooper. The approval of the act coincided with the official end of the Philippine–American War
The Jones Law
the first fully elected Philippine legislature
The Independence Mission
secured the Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
Philippine independence after 10 years
Commonwealth Era
transitional administration in preparation for the country's full achievement of independence
The Commonwealth government went into exile from 1942 to 1945, when the Philippines was
under Japanese occupation. In 1946, the Commonwealth ended, and the Philippines claimed full
sovereignty as provided for in Article XVIII of the 1935 Constitution
Japanese Occupation
1942 and 1945, when Imperial Japan occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War
II
The invasion of the Philippines started on 8 December 1941, ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines withdrew to Java on 12 December 1941.
General Douglas MacArthur was ordered out, leaving his men at Corregidor on the night of 11 March
1942 for Australia, 4,000 km away.
The 76,000 starving and sick American and Filipino defenders on Bataan surrendered on 9 April 1942,
and were forced to endure the infamous Bataan Death March on which 7,000–10,000 died or were
murdered. The 13,000 survivors on Corregidor surrendered on 6 May.
