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Philippine Organic Act (1902)

Also: Philippine Bill of 1902, Cooper Act, Second Philippine Organic Act

The Philippine Organic Act of 1902, also called the Philippine Bill of 1902 or Cooper Act, was the first organic law of the Philippines under…

Philippine Organic Act of 1902

Also: Cooper Act — the name carried from the House author, Henry A. Cooper, used in this wiki's Philippine Assembly entry, Philippine Bill of 1902 — the contemporary American styling of the statute, Act of July 1, 1902 (c. 1369, 32 Stat. 691) — the statute-citation form

The Philippine Organic Act of 1902 — the Philippine Bill of 1902, popularly the Cooper Act after its House author, Congressman Henry A. Cooper of…

Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

Also: Insular Government, Philippine Islands under American rule, Civil government of the Philippine Islands

The Insular Government of the Philippine Islands was the executive-led territorial government of the Philippines under United States sovereignty from 1901 until 1935, exercising authority…

1907 Philippine Assembly elections

Also: Philippine Assembly elections of 1907, First Philippine Assembly elections, First national elections in the Philippines

The 1907 Philippine Assembly elections, held on July 30, 1907, were the first nationwide elections in Philippine history and the first elections for the Philippine…

Pensionado Act

Also: Act No. 854 — the statute number of the Philippine Commission, The Pensionado Law — the styling this wiki's Tomás Mapúa entry uses for the 1903 authority, The pensionado program — the program the Act founded, often named for the law itself

The Pensionado Act (Act No. 854 of the Philippine Commission, enacted August 26, 1903 — formally "An Act providing for the education of Filipino students…

Act No. 136

Also: The Judiciary Act of 1901 — the customary short name in Philippine legal history, An Act Providing for the Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands — the formal long title, The Second Judiciary Act — the styling distinguishing it from the 1948 Judiciary Act (Republic Act No. 296)

Act No. 136 — formally "An Act Providing for the Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands," enacted by the Philippine Commission on June 11,…

Resident Commissioner of the Philippines

Also: Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands — the formal styling of the office in the U.S. House record, Philippine resident commissioner — the descriptive short form in Filipino historiography, Non-voting delegate from the Philippines — the functional description used in comparative-legislature literature

The Resident Commissioner of the Philippines (in full, Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States House of Representatives) was the Philippines' standing…

Philippine Legislature

Also: The Legislature — the standard short form in American-period Philippine records, Legislature of the Philippine Islands — the formal styling of the insular-government era, First Philippine Legislature — the inaugural 1907–1909 session period

The Philippine Legislature was the legislature of the Philippines under American rule, in existence from the inauguration of its first session on October 16, 1907…

Philippine Commission

Also: Taft Commission — the popular name for the commission under its first president, Second Philippine Commission — its formal designation, distinguishing it from the Schurman Commission of 1899, The Commission — its styling as the upper house of the Philippine Legislature, 1907–1916

The Philippine Commission was the body appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to legislate for, and then help administer, the Philippines under American rule. Created…

Philippine Assembly

Also: Assembly — the common short form in American-period records and reporting, First Philippine Assembly — the inaugural 1907–1909 body and, loosely, the institution's founding moment, Lower house of the Philippine Legislature (1907–1916) — the Assembly's structural role under the 1902 Organic Act and the Jones Law

The Philippine Assembly was the lower house of the Philippine Legislature from 1907 to 1916 — the first elected national legislative body in the Philippines…

Philippine-American War

Also: Philippine War of Independence, Philippine Insurrection (historical U.S. term), Filipino-American War

The Philippine-American War (also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection) was an armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and…

Theodore Roosevelt

Also: President Roosevelt — the styling of the 1901–1909 years, T.R. — the standard contemporary abbreviation, Teddy Roosevelt — the popular form, though he disliked it

Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858, New York City – January 6, 1919, Sagamore Hill, New York) was the twenty-sixth president of the United States (September…

American Colonial Period

Also: The American period — the common Philippine styling, American colonization of the Philippines — an alias carried by the standard reference item, The Insular period / the Insular Government era — the 1901/1902–1935 administrative core of the era

The American Colonial Period is the standard name for the era of American rule in the Philippines — the half-century the reference literature frames as…

Moro people

The Moro people are the Muslim peoples of the Philippines — thirteen Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, among them the Maguindanaon, Maranao,…

Bureau of Public Works

Also: BPW, Insular Bureau of Public Works, Bureau of Public Works of the Philippine Islands

The Bureau of Public Works was the infrastructure agency of the American colonial Insular Government of the Philippine Islands — created by Section 13 of…

Spooner Amendment

Also: Spooner proviso — the styling from its statutory form as a proviso in the appropriations act, Act of March 2, 1901 (ch. 803, 31 Stat. 895, 910) — the statute-citation form of the carrying act, The Spooner Amendment (U.S.) — the fuller heading used in the standard reference

The Spooner Amendment is the popular name of the proviso, carried as a rider on the Army Appropriation Act approved March 2, 1901 (chapter 803,…

Insular Government

Also: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands — the formal designation, Government of the Philippine Islands — the alternate styling authorized by the 1917 Administrative Code, Philippine Insular Government — the infobox styling of the standard reference

The Insular Government — formally the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, and under the 1917 Administrative Code either the "Insular Government" or the "Government…

Schurman Commission

Also: First Philippine Commission — the formal designation, distinguishing it from the Second (Taft) Commission of 1900, The Schurman Commission — the popular name from its chairman, The Philippine Commission of 1899 — the occasional styling in source collections

The Schurman Commission — formally the First Philippine Commission — was the five-member investigative body President William McKinley created by executive order on January 20,…

Taft Commission

Also: Second Philippine Commission — the formal designation, distinguishing it from the Schurman Commission of 1899, Philippine Commission — the institutional name the body carried to 1916, used in this wiki's entry of that title, The Commission — its styling as the sole legislature, and later the upper house, of the Insular Government

The Taft Commission is the popular name of the Second Philippine Commission, the five-member body President William McKinley created on March 16, 1900 — on…

Philippine Organic Act 1902 (disambiguation)