COMMONWEALTH

-Mao ni sya ang traditional English term for a political community founded for the COMMON
GOOD

COMMON GOOD
-or also commonwealth, general welfare or public benefit.
- and refers to either what is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a
given community

HARE-HAWES CUTTING ACT

-American farmers, who, during the Great Depression,
worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939.

the Great Depression caused drastic declines in output, severe unemployment, and acute deflation in

almost every country of the world. Its social and cultural effects were no less staggering, especially in the
United States, where the Great Depression represented the harshest adversity faced by Americans since
the Civil War.

-feared competition from Filipino sugar and coconut oils;

-and Filipino leaders, who were eager to run their own government.

-The bill was passed by the Senate in December 1932 but was vetoed by Pres. Herbert Hoover. and the
bill became law on Jan. 17, 1933

-and then  Filipino political leader Manuel Quezon led a campaign against the bill because of provisions
in it that allowed the indefinite retention of U.S. military bases in the islands. The Tydings–McDuffie Act,
substantially similar to the rejected measure but incorporating minor changes, was accepted by the
Philippine Senate in 1934.
TYDINGS-MCDUFFIE ACT
- The Philippine Commonwealth was created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which was approved by the
U.S. Congress in 1934

-The bill was signed by U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 24, 1934, and was sent to the
Philippine Senate for approval. Although that body had previously rejected the similar Hare-
Hawes-Cutting Act, it approved the Tydings-McDuffie Act on May 1.

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NOVEMBER 15, 1935

-the inaugural address of president manuel L. quezon.

-The Inauguration of Manuel L. Quezon as the second President of the Philippines and the first
president of the Philippine Commonwealth under the United States occurred on November 15,
1935. The inauguration marked the beginning of the first six-year term of Manuel L. Quezon as
President and of Sergio Osmeña as Vice President.