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| Colonial body Philippine Assembly, imperialist US Occupation |
1907 - As the bloody and protracted Philippine-American War (1899-1914)
persists in certain parts of the Southeast Asian archipelago,
elections are held for the Philippine Assembly, the colonial legislative body set up during the imperialist United States Occupation, with Sergio S. Osmena's (pro-immediate independence) Nacionalista Party capturing majority of the 80 seats representing 80 districts;
only less than 1.5% of the Filipinos were able to vote their
representatives to the Assembly, which was effectively the lower house
to the appointive, all or mainly American-in-composition Philippine Commission, because of the
severe qualification requirements (real estate ownership worth at least P500; able to read and write; and could speak in Spanish or English)
Photo credit: http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/
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