2. The Commonwealth Govt Before 1934 – independent missions sent to the US went home empty handed. Japan invaded Manchuria; 1920s economic depression The Great Depression The Philippines becomes a risk and encumbrance to American prosperity and national security.

3. The Commonwealth Govt, 1935 OS-ROX mission – Payne-Aldricht Act Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act – lead to the independence of the Philippines Establishment of the Commonwealth Launched amid social unrest Less than two weeks, we drafted the 1935 Philippine Constitution

4. Kinds of Constitution As to the history or origin: a.) Enacted or Conventional; b.) Evolved or Cumulative As to their form: a.) written ; b.) unwritten As to the amendment: a.) Rigid or inelastic or b.) Flexible or elastic Amendment - change

5. Constitution of the Phils MalolosConstitution 1935 Commonwealth constitution 1973 Constitution Freedom Constitution 1987 Constitution - present

6. The Commonwealth Govt Sakdalistas rose in revolt (San Ildefonso, Bulacan and other towns in Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal and Laguna.) Peasants protested the oppressive hacienda system, intolerable land taxes, graft and corruption in the government and the subservient leadership of the US.

7. Manuel Quezon Homestead law – not more than 24 acres of land. - it lacks financial support from the Quezon administration - the peasants’ uprisings were crushed by the poorly organized constabulary forces of the Phils (AFP)

8. More economic problems Security or national defence program (Constabulary) Nation Building 1937 High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt P94 million A. Renovations and repair of Malacanang Palace B. He bought a very expensive presidential yacht C. Pork Barrel and allowances (dole out)

9. Japanese Occupation 1935 + 10 = 1945 1940 1941 start of Japanese invasion December 7, 1941 – Attack of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 8 and 9, 1941 – Japan bombed the Phils

10. Jan 1942 – Philippines was colonized by the Japanese Greater Economic Co-Prosperity Sphere “America is for the Americans” Asia is for Asians Jose P. Laurel – puppet president Allied vs Axis

11. August 6, 1945 – Hiroshima was bombed.August 9, 1945 – Nagasaki was bomed July 4, 1946 – Philippine Independence from America