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PREPARATION FOR A REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

June 30, 1907: The first elections to the Philippine Assembly are held.

September 13, 1907: Macario Sakay is hanged.

October 16, 1907: The first session of the Philippine Assembly is opened. The Nacionalista Party of Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmeña win the election.

June 18, 1908: The University of the Philippines is established.

October 3, 1913: Free trade relations between the Philippines and the US are established.

August 29, 1916: Under the Jones Act, an elected Philippine Senate replaces the appointed Philippine Commission as the upper chamber of the legislature and the Philippine Assembly is renamed the House of Representatives. As before, the governor-general who is responsible for the executive branch, is appointed by the president of the US.

January 11, 1917: The first cabinet comprised of Filipinos is organised.

November 7, 1930: The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is founded by Crisanto Evangelista.

October 26, 1932: The Supreme Court with 5 out of 9 judges being American, declares the Communist Party of the Philippines to be illegal.

December 7, 1933: The last American governor to the Philippines, Governor Frank Murphy, grants the Right of Suffrage to Filipino women.

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