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Pacification Methods and "Philippines For Filipinos" Under Taft

The document discusses pacification methods used by the U.S. military government in the Philippines including the Reconcentration Act, Brigandage Act, Sedition Law, and Flag Act - laws enacted to defeat Filipino forces and nationalist movements. It also discusses William Howard Taft's role as the first Civil Governor of the Philippines and his vision of "Philippines for Filipinos" by preparing the country for eventual independence and filling government positions with Filipinos.

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Pacification Methods and "Philippines For Filipinos" Under Taft

The document discusses pacification methods used by the U.S. military government in the Philippines including the Reconcentration Act, Brigandage Act, Sedition Law, and Flag Act - laws enacted to defeat Filipino forces and nationalist movements. It also discusses William Howard Taft's role as the first Civil Governor of the Philippines and his vision of "Philippines for Filipinos" by preparing the country for eventual independence and filling government positions with Filipinos.

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PACIFICATION METHODS

AND “PHILIPPINES FOR


FILIPINOS” UNDER TAFT
Elmar Glenn Zarate
PACIFICATION METHODS
 With the signing of the Treaty of
Paris on December, 10 1898, Spain
ceded Philippines to U.S.
 The interim U.S military gov’t
experienced a period of political
turbulence characterized by the
Philippine-American War.
 In addition to ground offensives
conducted by the American military
against Filipino troops, they enacted
laws to “pacify” the country and to
defeat the Filipino force.
Reconcentration Act.
 The Reconstruction Act of 1903
refers to the American policy in the
Philippines which relocated rural
populations into overcrowded
villages.
 This policy was enacted to deprive
rebels from acquiring peasant
support.
Brigandage Act.
 The Brigandage Act of 1902 is a law
that was enacted on November 12,
1902.
 This law banned Filipinos forming or
establishing nationalist movements
or groups.
 This law was enacted to lessen forces
opposing Americans.
 Anyone will caught disobeying the
law will be sentenced to death or life
imprisonment.
Sedition Law
 This law was enacted on November
4, 1901 with the intent of forbidding
Filipinos from advocating for
separation from the United States or
for their independence.
 They labeled sedition as being
anything that was in the spirit of
enmity against American people.
Flag Act
 Act 1696 or the Flag Act, is an act of
the Philippine Commission that
outlawed the display of Katipunan
flags, banners, emblems or devices in
the American- controlled Philippine
Islands.
 Both the current national anthem
Lupang Hinirang and the present-day
flag of the Republic of the
Philippines were covered by the ban.
 The Flag Act was repealed by the
Philippine Legislature in 1919.
Philippines for Filipinos under Taft
 William Howard Taft was the first
head of the Philippine Commission
and he was also the Civil Governor
of the Philippines.
 He was the first civilian governor.
 President McKinley appointed the
Taft Commission to supervise the
adjustment of the P.I. gov’t
 The 5-member commission assumed
legislative authority on 1 September
1900.
 The commission defined its mission
as preparing the Filipinos for
eventual independence, and focused
on economic development, public
education, and the establishment of
representative institutions.
 On September 1, 1901, three Filipinos
were appointed to the Taft
Commission and each American
member became an executive
department head.
 Civil gov’t under Taft enabled
Filipinos to be installed in
government positions.
 Taft sought to make the Filipinos
partners in a venture that would lead to
their self-government; he saw
independence as something far off. Many
Americans in the Philippines viewed the
locals as racial inferiors, but Taft wrote
soon before his arrival, "we propose to
banish this idea from their minds".
 Taft did not impose racial segregation at
official events, and treated the Filipinos
as social equals.
Fin.

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