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that body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are regularly exercise
Constitution
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2 Nature and Functions of constitution
- 1. serves as supreme/fundamental law
- 2.Establishes basic framework and underlying principles of government
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4 Classification of the Philippine Government
- representative,
- democratic,
- unitary
- presidential government
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3 branches of government
- executive
- legislative
- judiciary
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the executive power is vested upon
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the legislative power is vested upon
Congress composed of Senate and the House of Representatives
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the judiciary power is vested upon
Supreme Courts and the lower courts.
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4 social classess
- nobility
- freemen(timawa)
- serf(aliping namamahay)
- slaves(aliping sagigilid)
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to which the chief of the barangay belongs
Nobility (Maharlika)
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were the feudal warriors
b. Freemen (Timawa)
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were servants that lived intheir own little house on the property of their masters.
Serf (Aliping Namamahay)
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was the secret society that precipitated our glorious revolution on August 26, 1896.
Katipunan government
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were servants without a house and whose existence is completely dependent and insufficiently undesirable on the graces of their masters.
Slaves (Aliping Sagigilid)
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was the first Filipino government whose officials were freely elected by representatives and was able to unify all rebel forces.
Tejeros Convention
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It had a constitution which was to take effect for two years only.
Biak na bato constitution
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form of government is monarchial and centralized in structure
Government during Spanish Period
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the colony during spanish government was headed by
Governor general
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Prior to Spanish arrival in the Philippines, Filipinos do have already settlements or villages called
barangay
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baranggay was ruled by (3)
chief called either datu, rajah, sultan or hadji
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during spanish era, On the judiciary aspect, they established the ___ which was the Supreme Court in the Philippines.
Royal Audiencia
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The central government of the Katipunan was vested in a
Supreme Council
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The first American Military Governor was
Gen. Wesley Merritt
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This law vested the legislative power in an all-Filipino lawmaking body composed of the Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives
The Jones Law
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was the first Civil Governor
Judge William H. Taft
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It was a form of government in transition toward independence
Tydings-McDuffie Law
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The law provided for a transition period of ten years during which the Philippine Commonwealth would operate and at the expiration of said period on July 4, 1946, the independence of the Philippines would be proclaimed and established.
Tydings-McDuffie Law
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are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs).
regions
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Currently, the Philippines is divided into
17 regions.
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, an additional metropolitan authority serves as the coordinating and policy-making body.
National Capital Region
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Only one, the ___, has an elected government to which the Congress of the Philippines has delegated certain powers and responsibilities.
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
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types of region
- administrative region
- autonomous region
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Luzon Island is composed of 8 regions
(Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, V, CAR, and NCR)
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Visayas Island is composed of 3 regions
(Regions VI, VII, and VIII)
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Mindanao Island is composed of 6 regions
(Regions IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and BARMM)
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is a grouping of geographically adjacent LGUs that may be established, disestablished, and modified by the President of the Philippines based on the need to formulate coherent economic development policies,
1. Administrative region
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The 1987 Constitution allows for the creation of autonomous regions in the Cordillera Central of Luzon and the Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao.
Autonomous region
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