THE AMERICAN PERIOD

The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the
Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under
Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the
Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo. The
battle took place in Manila Bay in the Philippines, and was the
first major engagement of the Spanish–American War. The
battle was one of the most decisive naval battles in history and
marked the end of the Spanish colonial period in Philippine
history.[7]
Spanish Armada
The battle is sometimes referred to as the "Mock Battle of Manila"[1] because
the local Spanish and American generals, who were legally still at war, secretly
and jointly planned the battle to transfer control of the city center from the
Spanish to the Americans while keeping the Philippine Revolutionary Army,
led by Emilio Aguinaldo, out of the city center.[2]
The battle left American forces in control of Intramuros, the center of Manila,
surrounded by Philippine revolutionary forces, creating the conditions for the
Battle of Manila of 1899 and the start of the Philippine–American War.
”The organic law of a Territory takes the place of a constitution as the
fundamental law of the local government. It is obligatory and binds the
territorial authorities; but Congress is supreme, and for the purposes of this
department, its governmental authority has all the powers of the people of
the United States, except such as has been expressly or by implication
reserved in the prohibitions of the Constitution.”

- Chief Justice Waite of the United

States Supreme Court
Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite was an attorney and politician in Ohio. He served as the seventh
Chief Justice of the United States from 1874 to his death in 1888. Wikipedia
1. The Treaty of Paris of 1898;
2. The President’s Instructions to the Second Philippine Commission of April
7, 1900;
3. The Spooner Amendment adopted on March 2, 1901;
4. The Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, otherwise called the Philippine Bill;
and
5. The Act of Congress of August 29, 1916, otherwise designated as the
Philippine Autonomy Act or the Jones Law
1. The Organization and Establishment of Courts; and

2. The Organization and Establishment of Municipal and

Departmental Governments
Over those inhabited by them, the Commission was the
sole legislative body. A large portion of the Philippine Bill,
however, was devoted to the regulation and control of
public lands, mining, forests, commerce, franchises and
municipal bonds. The Philippines had been completely
under the control of Congress since the passage of this Act.
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the national
legislature of the Philippines. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Senate (upper
chamber), and the House of Representatives (lower chamber) although commonly
in the Philippines the term congress refers to the latter.
THE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD

an independent country or community, especially a

democratic republic.
This Act may be found in U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol.
48 and in U.S. Code, Title 48.
The legislative history of this Act is discussed in the
Philippine Charter of Liberty by Osias and Baradi.
- Section 1 of said Law provided “ for the election
of delegates to a constitutional convention which
shall meet in the hall of the House of
Representatives in the capital of the Philippine
Islands
- Philippine Legislature may fix, but not later than
October 1, 1934, to formulate and draft a
constitution for the government of the
Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands
- Philippine Legislature was required to appropriate
the necessary funds to cover the expenses of the
Convention
Resolution No. 38 -
1. Those amendments were introduced under said
resolution, approved on September 15, 1939, as
amended by Resolution No. 73.
2. They were adopted on April 11, 1940 by the Second
National Assembly.
3. June 18, 1940 those amendments were ratified by the
people & the U.S. President
4. Approve them on December 2, 1942.
 That’s the End of My Presentation

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decisions.

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