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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]
Australia's sedition laws were amended in anti-terrorism legislation passed on 6 December 2005, ... although last prosecuted in 1901. ... (PDF) on 31 October 2005.
From 1901 to 1946, the American colonial regime affected Filipino theater. [1] On November 4, 1901 the Sedition Act was enacted in the Philippines. [2] With this law it was prohibited for any type of media or speech to go against the United States. [citation needed] During the 1930s Filipinos were exposed to western theater and western classics ...
The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.
[21]: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The land redistribution program was stipulated in at least three laws: the Philippine Organic Act, [199] the Public Lands Act, [232] and the Friar Lands Act. [233] [234] Section 10 of the Public Lands Act limited purchases to a maximum of 16 hectares for an individual or 1024 hectares for a corporation or like association.