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Maura Law may refer to two different decrees named after Don Antonio Maura, the Spanish minister of colonies at the time. The first decree, the royal decree of May 19, 1893, was a law that laid the basic foundations for municipal government in the Philippines .
Royal Declaration of Indulgence: Charles II of England attempts to extend religious freedom to Protestant nonconformists in his realms. 1676: Declaration of the People [N 2] Issued by Nathaniel Bacon; proclaims the colonial governor of Virginia as corrupt. 1687: Declaration of Indulgence [N 3] Establishes freedom of religion in England. 1688 ...
By royal decree on February 27, 1767, King Carlos III ordered the Jesuits to be expelled from Spain, and from all her colonies. The decree reached the Philippines in early 1768, wherein Governor-General Raon tried to do the Jesuits a favor by delaying the implementation of the royal order in exchange of bribes.
The royal decree provided for a complete educational system consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary levels, resulting in valuable training for all Filipino children and youth. [ 36 ] The Education Decree of 1863 provided for the establishment of at least two free primary schools, one for boys and another for girls, in each town under the ...
It administered the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo and the Carolinas, Marianas and Palaos. Prior to its establishment, the administration of the colonies was in charge of the Ministry of the Navy. By a royal decree of 20 May 1863 responsibility for the colonies was transferred to a new department.
7 July 1892 – A decree was issued deporting Rizal to Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte. 17 July 1892 – Rizal was exiled to Dapitan. 16 April 1893 – The Grand Lodge of Philippine Masonry was founded. 8 June 1894 – A Royal decree stops the issuance of passports to Filipinos.
On February 8, 1597, Philip II, near the end of his 42-year reign, issued a Royal Cedula instructing Francisco de Tello de Guzmán, then Governor-General of the Philippines to fulfill the laws of tributes and to provide for restitution of ill-gotten taxes taken from indigenous Filipinos. The decree was published in Manila on August 5, 1598.
The second decree, The Royal Decree of February 13, 1894, was known as the Maura Act and grew out of a proposal made in the 1820s by Manuel Bernaldez, a long-serving colonial official. Its preamble declared that it would "insure to the natives, in the future, whenever it may be possible, the necessary land for cultivation, in accordance with ...