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The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means forthwith or ...
The Spanish–American War reached the Philippines on May 1 with the Battle of Manila Bay. Aguinaldo returned from exile, set up a new government, and proclaimed the independence of the Philippines on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite. [23] Aguilnaldo gained support even from Ilustrados who had opposed the initial revolution.
Further the U.S. Federal Government faced the problem of much of the private land being owned by the Catholic Church and controlled by Spanish clerics. The American government—officially secular, hostile to continued Spanish control of much of the land of the now-American colony, and long hostile to Catholics —negotiated a settlement with ...
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On the same year, Ignacio founded the Ibalik ang Philippine History sa High School Movement. It is an “informal, non-partisan, and pro-Philippines” organization of “like-minded teachers, students, and professionals” seeking to take this cause online. It is the first known organized initiative that solely addresses the issue.
This category is for articles on history books with the Philippines as a topic. Pages in category "History books about the Philippines" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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