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Historical Method – the process of critically examining and analyzing the records of the past.
Historiography – the imaginative reconstruction of the past from the data derived from the historical
method.
Sources – are items that provide information or proof.
Primary sources – are simply sources that are created during the time period in study.
- texts, eyewitness accounts, testimonies, documents, autobiographies, artifacts, and even
creative works
Secondary sources – are sources that are already interpreted and analyzed data from primary
sources.
- history textbooks, written analysis, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias,
Historical criticism
1. External criticism – authenticity
2. Internal criticism – credibility
LP8: PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO’S SPEECH BEFORE THE U.S. CONGRESS SEPTEMBER 18, 1986
Teodoro Locsin Jr. – prepared the speech
Corazon Aquino – completed her own speech
- Her administration became known for restoring democracy in the Philippines.
February 25, 1986 – the Philippines had “2 presidents''
*Cory’s speech delivers a clear narrative of the kind of economic, social and political tyranny
experienced by the Filipino people under the dictatorship of the Marcos under Martial Rule.
De Facto – being such in effect although not formally recognize. Directly translated as “in reality”
Democracy – a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by
them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free
elections
Writ of Habeas Corpus – literally means to "produce the body". It is a court order demanding that a
public official (such as a warden) deliver an imprisoned individual to the court and show a valid reason
for that person's detention.
Martial Law - the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an
emergency when the civilian law enforcement agencies are unable to maintain public order and
safety