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The Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act originated with rural American farmer political action committees. The American PACs believed that Filipino imports posed great dangers to their economic welfare during the Great Depression. The law would subject Filipinos to official American tariffs and commence a ten-year transition towards independence.
Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921. [ 3 ] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.
Political turmoil in Spain led to 24 governors being appointed to the Philippines from 1800 to 1860, [1]: 85 often lacking any experience with the country. [ 10 ] : 144 Significant political reforms began in the 1860s, with a couple of decades seeing the creation of a cabinet under the Governor-General and the division of executive and judicial ...
After the World War II Japanese invasion in 1941 and subsequent occupation of the Philippines, the United States and Philippine Commonwealth military completed the recapture of the Philippines after Japan's surrender and spent nearly a year dealing with Japanese troops who were not aware of the war's end, [3] leading up to U.S. recognition of ...
Related changes; Upload file; Special pages ... 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; ... This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. 0–9. 1931 elections in the ...
A foul-mouthed former Philippine president who jailed political rivals, insulted the pope and claims to have hired “death squad” gangsters is running for re-election in his hometown in a ...
1 −18 Sakdalista 3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker before Speaker after Quintín Paredes Nacionalista Gil Montilla Nacionalista The 1935 Philippine general election was the first general election of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. This was also the first direct election of the President of the Philippines and Vice President of the Philippines ...
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