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The Philippine Assembly was the lower house of the bicameral Philippine Legislature from 1907 to 1916, during the American Colonial Period of the Philippines, and therefore one half of the legislative branch of the Insular Government, as established by the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 passed by the United States Congress. The first Philippine Assembly elections were held on July 30, 1907 and the Assembly was inaugurated on October 16, 1907 with Sergio Osmeña as Speaker of the Assembly, and Manuel L. Quezon and Vicente Singson representing the majority and minority floor leaders, respectively.〔(National Historical Commission Of The Philippines | Republika Ng Pilipinas )〕 The inauguration of the assembly marked a "turning point in the country’s history, for its creation marked the commencement of Filipino participation in self-governance and a big leap towards self-determination." The Philippine Assembly was the first legislative body in the Philippines fully chosen by national elections. It is a direct precursor of the current House of Representatives of the Philippines. When the Jones Act was passed in 1916, the Assembly was renamed the House of Representatives of the Philippines and was the lower house of a new bicameral legislature with the elected Senate of the Philippines replacing the appointed Philippine Commission as the upper house. ==History== The United States of America gained control of the Philippines following the 1898 Spanish–American War and the subsequent Philippine–American War.〔 In 1902, the United State Congress passed the first organic act for the Philippines, the Philippine Organic Act, which acted like a constitution from 1902 until the Jones Act of 1916. In accordance with the act, the Philippine Commission conducted a census in 1903, which was published on March 25, 1905.〔 Two years after the census' publication, the U.S. Government would create the Philippine Assembly, a group of elected Filipino officials who would participate in legislative decisions.〔 When the act was passed in 1902, the appointed Governor-General to the Philippines, William Howard Taft, envisioned that the Assembly would improve Philippine-American relations, and prepare the Filipinos for eventual self-rule. President Theodore Roosevelt hesitated to grant the Philippines greater authority, however, and viewed the Assembly as more of an experiment rather than a true step toward Philippine autonomy. Regardless, when the Philippine Commission reported in 1907 that the two-year waiting period had passed peacefully, Roosevelt allowed Governor-General Luke Edward Wright to call for the Assembly's formation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philippine Assembly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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