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Answer: The first documented Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521,
Easter Sunday. ... Today, this site is widely believed by many historians and the government to
be Limasawa at the tip of Southern Leyte, though this was contested by some who assert that
the first mass was instead held at Masao, Butuan.
3-4. Give at least two Primary sources that proposed where the First Catholic Mass had taken
place in the Philippines.
Answer: They sailed westwards and saw three islets where they anchored for the night. In the
morning, they sailed southwest. There, they entered canal between two island, one of which
was called Subu (now called Cebu)
II.
1. Known to be the provisionary Constitution of the Philippine Republic during the Philippine
Revolution
Answer: The Proclamation of Independence on 12 June 1898, as depicted on the back of the
Philippine five peso bill.
3. An example of the charter of laws and morals of katipunan written by emilio jacinto in 1896.
Answer: He wrote in the newspaper under the pen name "Dimasilaw", and used the alias "
Pingkian" in the Katipunan.
4. This act specified that the legislative power would be vested in a bicameral legislature
composed of the Philippine Commission as the upper house and the Philippine Assembly as the
lower house.
Answer: The Assembly was created by the 1902 Philippine Organic Act of the United States
Congress, which established the Insular Government of the Philippines. Along with an upper
house (the appointed Philippine Commission), it formed the bicameral Philippine Legislature
during the American colonial period.
5. This is the second act of the United States Congress, and was referred to as the "Jones
Law".
Answer: AN ACT TO DECLARE THE PURPOSE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
AS TO THE FUTURE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
AND TO PROVIDE A MORE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE ISLANDS.