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A civil government is established in the Philippines with William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor (1901–1904). July 18 – The US organizes the Philippine Constabulary. July 31 – US Philippine Commission Act 183 is enacted, incorporating Manila as the country's first city; it would take effect on August 7. [2]
The United States administration introduced laws against sedition and libel in the Philippines in 1901 through the Sedition Act and the Criminal Libel Act. This has led to the closure of El Renacimiento which openly advocated for Philippine independence, advocated the usage of Spanish as an official language, and was critical of Governor ...
American influences in the development of Philippine theater. From 1901 to 1946, the American colonial regime affected Filipino theater. On November 4, 1901 the Sedition Act was enacted in the Philippines. With this law it was prohibited for any type of media or speech to go against the United States. [citation needed]
The Philippine Organic Act of July 1902 was a basic law for the Insular Government (1901–1935). (The term "insular" refers to an unincorporated island territory .) The act provided that future appointments of the civil governor, vice-governor, members the Philippine Commission, and heads of Executive Departments shall be made by the President ...
The law also required the Philippine Senate to ratify the law. Manuel L. Quezon urged the Philippine Senate to reject the bill, which it did. Quezon himself led the twelfth independence mission to Washington to secure a better independence act. The result was the Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934 which was very similar to the Hare-Hawes-Cutting ...
An anti-sedition law was established in 1901, followed by an anti-brigandage law in 1902. Resistance. Guerrilla activity continued in some areas, notably in Samar under Lukbán and in Batangas under Malvar. In Samar, the Balangiga massacre led to the march across Samar; Lukbán was captured on 18 February 1902. Some sources assert that Malvar ...
: 104–105 However, the Anti-Sedition Law of 1901 limited the early development of these political ideas. [39] American forces continued to secure and extend their control over the islands, suppressing an attempted extension of the Philippine Republic , [20] : 200–202 securing the Sultanate of Sulu , [41] and establishing control over ...
El Renacimiento ( lit. 'The Renaissance') was a Spanish– Tagalog bilingual language newspaper. Spanish articles were published under El Renacimiento, while Tagalog articles were published under Muling Pagsilang. It was printed in Manila until the 1940s by the members of the Guerrero de Ermita family. [citation needed]