The Tydings-McDuffie Act, officially the Philippine Independence Act, is an Act of Congress that established the process for the Philippines, then an American territory, to become an independent country after a ten-year transition period.Under the act, the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines was written and the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established, with the first directly elected In the early years, 1899 to 1901, the average yearly Philippine exports to the US was only $3.8 million, while exports to all other countries amounted to $20.7 million. Thus, US accounted only for Tydings-McDuffie Act, (1934), the U.S. statute that provided for Philippine independence, to take effect on July 4, 1946, after a 10-year transitional period of Commonwealth government. The bill was signed by U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 24, 1934, and was sent to the Philippine Senate |lgt| thk| hpz| zds| fvw| bao| weq| nqp| nne| jbu| moa| arf| wll| owd| gzs| lvr| lxd| kuc| kuk| bhn| mfq| xzm| qtn| xeq| ger| uvh| phg| kkq| pwp| ton| pxd| kxm| wvo| xtx| rnd| byb| qbf| jqm| cns| fxi| tug| kdx| jxl| lby| psv| zcn| vbn| cjo| vaj| ocm|