Commonwealth Period (19351942)
Reporter: Kaye Monique M. Geli
The Torrens System
The rich Filipinos and the Americans that time was the only one who
got the benefit of this system since they're the only one’s who have
money and knowledge to hire an attorney to transfer the title on
their name.
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The Americans
bought 166,000
hectares from
the Catholic
Church for 7
million dollars
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The different tribes and
the people in the
Philippines had enough
of the repeating abused
of the foreign
governments so they
protest and strike for
their rights in terms of
the lands they’re
supposed to be owning.
Commonwealth of the Philippines
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established by the
Tydings-Mcduffie law.
The Commonwealth was
designed as a 10 year
transitional
administration in
preparation for the
country's full
achievement of
independence.
May 1935, the
Sakdalisda movement
happened.
The Sakdalista uprising
was a peasant rebellion
in the agricultural area
of central Luzon. What
they want is a real
independence rather
than a Commonwealth.
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On 1935 is the inauguration
of the commonwealth with
the President Manuel L.
Quezon.
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The commonwealth is still
under the American’s
influenced so in reality, the
commonwealth period is not
really a real independent
Philippine Administration.
Social Justice Program
Promotion of social justice to ensure the well-being of the
Filipinos regarding the economy, education and security.
Under this program is the Court
of Industrial relations which the
workers can express their
problems with the capitalist.
Second, it’s the Rural Progress
Administration, which the
government can buy land and
give it to the tenants and farmers
On this period, the
people was given the
minimum wage for
workers, the 8-hour
work hours, education
for the youth and the
elders, and the right to
vote for the Female
Filipinos.
Other Programs
 The National Rice and Corn
Corporation (NARIC) of 1936established the price of rice
 The commonwealth Act No. 461
of 1937- Regulate the Relations
Between Landowner and Tenant
 The Commonwealth Act. No.
441 of 1939- national settlement
administration with capital stock
of 20,000,000
Japanese Occupation in the Philippines
 It all started on the invasion
of the islands on December 8,
1941, when the Japanese
planes from Taiwan raided
American strategic bases in
Iba and Clark airfields.
 They continued bombing
other locations until they
almost annihilated the
America air power in the
country
Soon the Japanese
forces were able to
land and march on
the northern area of
the Philippines,
eventually reaching
quezon province on
December 24, 1941.
The capital Manila
effortlessly fell into
Japanese hands as it
was declared as an
open city.
The Bataan Death March
 as the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–
80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.
 From Mariveles to San Fernando and from the Capas Train Station
to Camp O'Donnell is 60 and 69.6 miles (96.6 and 112.0 km).
 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths
during the march.