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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1902 | |
| Formation of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, an independent national church, under Gregorio Aglipay, a priest who had earlier been excommunicated by the Spanish hierarchy for his involvement with the revolutionaries. The Aglipayan church enjoyed considerable support among Filipino Christians. The Catholic Church carried out a number of reforms as a result. | 1 |
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| Philippine Bill passed in the U.S. Senate, providing for a bicameral legislature consisting of an appointed upper house (made up of the Philippine commission) and an elected assembly. The U.S. government retained veto powers. Taft negotiated the purchase of about 410,000 acres of church-owned Friar Land, although the distribution of this land to its tenants was never fully carried out. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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