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PHILIPPINE POLITICAL HISTORY

PRE-HISTORIC PHILIPPINES

In Philippine history, the year 1521 marks the arrival of the spanish

colonial power, and the beginning of

what is often called the Spanish period. This period is thus described as the pre-colonial era or the

pre-Spanish era.

The discovery of the oldest surviving written account in the Philippines, an event which occurred in

about the year 900 AD, divides this pre-Spanish era into two separate periods which are covered in

separate :

• the period of prehistory ending in 900 AD, followed by

• the pre-Spanish historical period ending in 1521.

SPANISH OCCUPATION

Political leader/s: Governor General /Audiencia Royal/Gobernadorcillo

/ Alcalde Mayor

Form of Government: Macro- Traditional Autocracy

* the Philippines Under the rule of 1 Governor general ,He then sent several elite

Spaniards to govern small towns and provinces.

*it's purpose? CENTRALIZATION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO

Political Leaders : President / Prime Minister

Form of Government : 1965-1972 Modernizing Democracy

1972-1986 Modernizing Authoritarian Polity

Due to the declaration of Martial Law, Modernizing Democracy was suspended

Congress was abolished.

two-party system was deactivated

Political leaders : Rajah's , Datu's , Sultan and other Baranggay Chieftains

Type / Form of Government : MICRO-TRADITIONAL AUTOCRACY

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* The Rajah (Datu or Sultan) is their supreme leader executes the Legislative , Executive, Judicial &

Military Power .

* Power only limited within their territory.

An autocracy is a system of government in which a supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one

person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of

popular control

American Occupation & Commonwealth of the Philippines

Political Leaders : American Governor General /

President of the Commonwealth

In 1902-1945 a modernizing democracy was established .

In 1946 when the American Government Granted Our Independence The Filipino Modernizing

Democracy has became stronger and more viable until 1972.

1965-1986 MARCOS ERA

What are the Prospects of the Philippines in the year 2000?

1st scenario: Year 2000 is a modern democracy, the Philippines will be indutrialized, foreign trade will

be greatly expanded ,social services will be very extensive and people will actively participate to the

political process.

2nd scenario: the Philippines will established a modern authoritarian polity, with continuation of

martial law and authoritarian politics and industrialization of the nation.

3rd scenario: a more grim future of the Philippines. it presents a revolution taking place in the country,

wrecking the economy, disrupting the society and the polity and eventually building ruins a

modernizing totalitarian polity, with communism and socialism as its ideology. The revolution is

believed to arise from ideological conic’s,

alienation of the People, Polarization between the rich and

the Poor.

1986

MARCOS was OUSTED By PEOPLE POWER and REGAIN DEMOCRACY

1992-1998 RAMOS REGIME

Fidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos USMA '50, AFP, PLH, GCMG (born March 18, 1928), popularly known as

FVR, was the twelfth President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in ofce,

Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international

condence

in the Philippine economy.

year 2000

Estrada Administration

Failure in the Economy

Raged war against MILF

lose the trust of Foreign investors

Controversies like Corruption charges and jueteng

the people revolted against Estrada w/c resulted to EDSA 2