other is a People’s History of the United States. My Second topic that I noticed after reading both inserts is how these early explorers changed the world in different ways. In the insert of “The City on the Hill” It describes many expeditions. When Marco Polo and others traveled to China they brought back tales of wealth and unusual goods. Portugal explorers dispatched ships to Africa and brought back ivory and gold then transported and sold slaves to varies Mediterranean estates. Christopher Columbus
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(1)I thought that I’ve already known a lot of things about the martial law that happened in the Philippines during late President Marcos’ term. (2)But I was wrong. (3)After making the martial law exhibits‚ paying tribute to the Pisay martyrs‚ and hearing the talks of Pisay alumni and other martial law veterans‚ I can say that what I’ve known before was just a very small amount of information about martial law. (4)I am fortunate that I was not yet born during the martial law era. (5)I was not
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or projects in their districts”. Based on the research‚ the pork barrel system in the Philippines was introduced by the Americans in 1922 and retained in the 1935 Constitution under the Commonwealth government. But in the era of Marcos regime‚ President Ferdinand Marcos abolished the pork barrel and distributed the money instead to his cronies. Pork barrel became famous and implementing effectively in the presidency of Corazon Aquino. In 1989‚ it was first intended for special project in Visayas
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liked to travel. From the beginning‚ humans have been interested in expanding their territory or explore new places. It’s in our blood‚ in the stone-age cavemen tended to kill each other for the land‚ or later‚ there were the great explorers such as Marco Polo‚ Christopher Columbus or Vasco De Gamma who almost travel the world. But for us‚ everyday people‚ it could just mean a way to break the monotony of life and work. Travelling is a tool‚ and the purpose of this tool are different for different people
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personal background. Way back 1970’s‚ that is‚ the deceased Benigno Aquino (Ninoy) had fight for the human rights against Former President Ferdinand Marcos that initiate the Martial Law occurrence. In that way I admired Ninoy for having a large contribution for our country. In that incident‚ most of the people suffered from Marcos that made the people put their trust on Ninoy. When he died on 1983‚ his wife‚ Corazon Aquino‚ on the latter part was elected and became the 11th president of
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Economic Objectives of Land Reform land reform noun (Concise Encyclopedia) Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned‚ the methods of its cultivation‚ or the relation of agriculture to the rest of the economy. The most common political objective of land reform is to abolish feudal or colonial forms of landownership‚ often by taking land away from large landowners and redistributing it to landless peasants. Other goals include improving the social status of peasants and coordinating
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“ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES” This list starts from the ratification of the Philippine Constitution in the First Republic ─ after the independence of the country in 1898. Thus‚ this list starts from the ratification of 1899 Constitution where Emilio Aguinaldo was the President of the Republic of the Philippines. The dates followed by their names are the dates of their terms: Presidents of the Philippines from Past to Present: 1. General Emilio Aguinaldo (January
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among delinquent students because it was recognized to be effective dating back from the Spanish colonization era up to the late 1970s evidenced by the kind of leaders we had during those times‚ from Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio to Ferdinand E. Marcos and Benigno S. Aquino Jr. It was the time of the so called democracy in the late 1980’s that discipline started to deteriorate due to the exploitation of the word freedom/ democracy that was misunderstood by most of the Filipinos that eventually led
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Mendoza‚ Alianne Gayle L. BSA 1-13 BIOGRAPHY OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (Term: January 23‚1899-April 1‚ 1901) Emilio Aguinaldo was born on March 23‚ 1869 in Cavite Viejo (Kawit) to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy‚ a Chinese mestizo couple who had eight children‚ the seventh of whom was Emilio. The Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do‚ as Carlos Aguinaldo was the communities appointed gobernadorcillo. Emilio became the Cabeza de Barangay of Binakayan‚ a
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creation of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) under Republic Act 2067. Under a regime of martial law‚ Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in July 1973 announced the decision to build a nuclear power plant. This was in response to the 1973 oil crisis‚ as the Middle East oil embargo had put a heavy strain on the Philippine economy‚ and Marcos believed nuclear power to be the solution to
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