The Commonwealth Period

Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

Lecture from Prof Francis August Ramos

Transcribed by Nikko Izar

The Commonwealth Period

- 12 Independence Missions to the United States

- 9th OSROX Mission (Hare Hawes Cutting) - Anti’s (Quezon) and Pro’s

- Nationalista- Unipersonalista (Osmena) and Colectivistas (Quezon)

- 10th Benigno Aquino

- 11th Manuel Quezon – Tydings Mcduffie Law – changes in the title and military reservations

- Constitutional Convention

- Declaration of Quorum – Jose P. Laurel

- Convention President – Claro M. Recto

- Approved by the U.S. with Quezon, Recto and Roxas

- 1935 CONSTITUTION – Most noble document written by Filipinos

- First Election:

- Coalition Party – Manuel Quezon, Sergio Osmena

- National Socialist Party- Emilio Aguinaldo, Raymundo Melliza

- Republican Party – Gregorio Aglipay, Norberto Nabong

- Inauguration with Governor General Frank Murphy

Contributions of the 1935 Constitution:

Department of National Defense

Institutute of National Language

National Council of Education

Filipinization of the Judiciary

Court of Appeals/Court of Industrial Relations

Women Suffrage

New Chartered Cities- Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao, Zamboanga, San Pedro, Quezon City, Cavite and Tagaytay

Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

Lecture from Prof Francis August Ramos

Transcribed by Nikko Izar

8 hour labor Act

Compulsory Military Training