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A revolutionary congress was established with power "[t]o watch over the general interest of the Philippine people, and carrying out of the revolutionary laws; to discuss and vote upon said laws; to discuss and approve, prior to their ratification, treaties and loans; to examine and approve the accounts presented annually by the secretary of ...
The Congress, however, began work to draft a constitution. The resulting document, the Malolos Constitution, was promulgated on January 21, 1899. [8] Its proclamation resulted in the creation of the Philippine Republic, which replaced the Revolutionary Government.
The Revolutionary Government of the Philippines held these elections following that declaration. After the Spanish sold the Philippines to the Americans in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 , signed on December 10, 1898, the First Philippine Republic , which includes the Malolos Congress, fought the Philippine–American War against the American ...
During the Philippine Revolution, Calderon ardently supported the revolutionary movement, an organization that aimed to gain independence from Spain. For his activities he was imprisoned by the Spanish colonial authorities. One school in Tondo, Manila was named after him.
Malolos Congress: Unicameral assembly: Revolutionary Congress June 23 to September 10, 1898: 68 nonpartisan 136 September 15, 1898 Revolutionary government: Assembly of Representatives First Republic: 2 Taft Commission: 2nd: Unicameral assembly: Philippine Commission: Unelected 5–8 March 16, 1900 U.S. military government: U.S. Insular ...
The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of Congress. The House of Representatives has existed from 1945 to 1972, and since 1987. Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934.
Felipe Buencamino y Siojo (August 23, 1848 – February 6, 1929) was a Filipino lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He fought alongside the Spaniards in the Philippine Revolution but later switched sides and joined Emilio Aguinaldo's revolutionary cabinet.
Revolutionary Congress: Malolos Congress: Martial law (1898–1900) Philippine Commission (1900–1902) Philippine Legislature: National Assembly (1935–1941) Congress (1945–1946) National Assembly: Congress of the Philippines: Batasang Pambansa. Interim Assembly (1978–1984) Regular Natioanal Assembly (1984–1986) Congress of the ...