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In 753 BCE the perpetual archonship by the Eupatridae [3] were limited to 10 year terms (the "decennial archons"). [4] After 683 BCE the offices were held for only a single year. [5] Bust of Solon, democratic reformer in Athenian Antiquity. By the 7th century BCE, social unrest had become widespread, as Athens suffered a land and agrarian crisis.
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
[3]: 14 They were led by powerful individuals now called datus, [4]: 40 [3]: 16 although different cultures used different terms. [5] The arrival of Hindu influence increased the power of Indianized datus. [1]: 24–25 The first large state was Sulu, which adopted Islam in the 15th century.
The current government in the Philippines is termed Republic of the Philippines. Earlier organizational bodies which led to the First Republic, headed by many of the same people, also styled themselves as "Philippine Republic" and/or "Republic of the Philippines": Tejeros government (March 22, 1897 – November 1, 1897)
Some of the oldest records in the archive date back to the rule of the first Spanish Governor-General to the Philippines, Miguel López de Legazpi (1564–1572). [2] The holdings are divided into two major collections: Spanish Period Collection (1552–1900) Documents; Plans; American and Republic Period Collection (1900–Present) Government ...
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With the establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935, President Manuel L. Quezon signed Executive Order No. 91 in 1937, creating the Philippines Historical Committee (PHC), which took over the functions as its predecessor, as well as the tasks of repairing government-owned antiquities and acquiring antiquities owned by private individuals.