Amnesty of July 4, 1902: Inventory of Amnesty Proclamation Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands as Reported in the Philippine Reports from 1902 to 1906

The Philippine Islands was ceded to the United States of America from Spain in the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898 for Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00). To pacify the entire Philippine Archipelago and to break the spirited resistance of the Filipinos, the American President issued an Amnesty Proclamation on July 4, 1902 granting full and general amnesty for the benefit of all Filipinos who took part in the revolution against Spain and the war against America as a way to entice the Fi…