5.4 PHILIPPINE POLITICAL HISTORY

The precolonial political unit in the Philippines headed by a datu, rajah, sultan, or hadji

Balangay

The blood compact or kinship pact made between Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna

Sanduguan

The Spanish colonizer who came to the Philippines on March 15, 1565

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

The Datu of Bohol who made a blood compact with Legazpi

Datu Sikatuna

Datu of Bohol

Datu Sikatuna

The two novels of Dr. Jose Rizal that enlightened Filipinos about Spanish oppression

Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

Who became the Commonwealth President?

Manuel Quezon

The revolutionary society founded by Andres Bonifacio that fought for freedom

Katipunan

The year the Philippines gained independence from Spain (first independence date)

June 12, 1898

The Commonwealth President who brought the fight to the US Congress and won the Jones Law

Manuel Quezon

The year the country received independence from the United States

1935

The country that occupied the Philippines in 1941

Japan

The date the Philippines was formally granted independence as a Republic

July 4, 1946

The President whose rule led to the EDSA Revolution

Ferdinand Marcos

The bloodless people-power revolution that led to the 1987 Constitution

EDSA Revolution

What constitution was promulgated (put into effect) after the EDSA Revolution?

The 1987 Constitution