FOUNDATION OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICSMr. Roderico Y. Dumaug, Jr.

PRE-SPANISHSPANISH PERIODAMERICAN PERIOD

JAPANESE PERIOD

REPUBLIC

HISTORICAL ERAS

CREATION OF MAN(PRE-SPANISH)March 1521 – 1898(333 Years Spanish Period)

1898-July 4, 1946(48 years American Period)

1941 to 1945 (5 Years Japanese Period)

July 4, 1946 to August 10, 2012 (66 years as a Republic)

GUIDING QUESTION:DEMOCRATIZATION

: Do we have democratic

traditions in our past?

DEMOCRATIC PRE-SPANISH? DEMOCRATIC SPANISH

PERIOD? DEMOCRATIC AMERICAN

PERIOD DEMOCRATIC JAPANESE

PERIOD? DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC?

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