🇵🇭 📚 English replaced Spanish as the medium of instruction. 🗳️ The Philippine Assembly was established in 1907 — the first elected national legislature in Southeast Asia. ✍️ Writers like Paz Marquez Benitez and Jose Garcia Villa pioneered Philippine literature in English. 🌾 Peasant uprisings (e.g., Colorum, Sakdal) protested land inequality and broken promises of independence.
By the 1930s, pressures for sovereignty led to the , setting the stage for the Commonwealth — and eventually, full independence in 1946. ages-ph-04-001
Drop your thoughts below. ⬇️ #PhilippineHistory #AgesPH04001 #FilipinoHeritage #AmericanColonialEra 🇵🇭 📚 English replaced Spanish as the medium