Commonwealth period

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The Commonwealth period was the era from 1935 to 1946 when the Philippines functioned as a self-governing commonwealth under U.S. sovereignty, laying the groundwork for its full independence.

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Commonwealth period canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
capital Manila ⓘ
constitutionalDocument 1935 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
currency Philippine peso ⓘ
demographicGroup Filipinos ⓘ
linked to: Filipino people
economicPolicy preparation for economic self-sufficiency ⓘ
educationPolicy expansion of public education system ⓘ
endedWith proclamation of Philippine independence on July 4, 1946 ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
establishedBy Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
executiveBranch Office of the President of the Philippines ⓘ
followedBy Third Philippine Republic ⓘ
foreignRelations Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
other Allied powers in World War II ⓘ
formOfGovernment Commonwealth government ⓘ
goal preparation for full Philippine independence ⓘ
headOfGovernment Manuel L. Quezon ⓘ
Sergio Osmeña ⓘ
headOfState Manuel L. Quezon ⓘ
Sergio Osmeña ⓘ
includesEvent Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ
World War II in the Philippines ⓘ
exile of the Philippine Commonwealth government ⓘ
inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines ⓘ
influencedBy United States constitutional system ⓘ
judicialBranch Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
leader Manuel L. Quezon ⓘ
Sergio Osmeña ⓘ
legalStatus transition period to independence ⓘ
legislature Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
National Assembly of the Philippines ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
linked to: Tagalog

Spanish ⓘ
partOf history of the Philippines ⓘ
precededBy American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ
securityArrangement U.S.–Philippine military cooperation ⓘ
sovereigntyHeldBy United States of America ⓘ
startTime 1935 ⓘ
status self-governing commonwealth ⓘ
territoryIncludes Luzon ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Visayas ⓘ
under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ

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Philippine Constabulary → historicalEra → Commonwealth period ⓘ