Presented by; Vitor Genie G. & Diana Verganio

Chapter 18 The Campaign for Independence (1922-1935)

President Harding – was satisfied with the Wood-Forbes missions.

The president want Wood to be next governor-general of the Philippines

Wood- was an experience administrator, since he served as military governor in Cuba.

Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña was began antagonized by Wood.

Wood becomes governor

Manuel L. Quezon -President of the Senate Assembly -President of the commonwealth.1921-Colectivistas (Nationalista Party)- political leadership should

be exercised collectively that no one person should dictate policies but instead all should participate in their formulation.

The conflict between osmeña and quezon

•Sergio S. Osmeña •Speaker of the First Philippine Assembly•Unipersonalistas- leadership should be exercised by one person, not by group.•1922•Election of the issue between Osmeña and Quezon was clarified.•Quezons group (colectivistas) won more seats than Osmeña group.•1925•Democrata Party, third party was successfully challenged both Colectivistas and Unipersonalistas

Jones Law – strong opposition from the Filipino political leaders.

Wood deviated from Harrisons Policy of giving Filipino greater participation in the government.

1923 -Manuel L. Quezon became the most prominent

political leader of the Filipinos who had a quarrel with the governor (Wood).

-American detective in Manila Police Department (by the name Ray Conley)- the cause of quarrel.

The cabinet crisis

Board of Control Case One of the causes of the Conflicts between wood

and the Filipino leaders Composed of the Governor-General, the State

President and the speaker of the house It manage the affairs of the Government

Corporations It is Abolished by Wood

Other Conflicts with Wood

Veto Power·Another source of conflict between Wood and the Filipino Political Leaders ·Quezon and Osmeña accused Wood of exercising his veto power with any restriction ·Wood was accused as Anti-Filipino and against the interest of the Filipino people 1927·The conflict with Wood ended only with his death

1899-1902-the Struggles for Independence against the U.S

The First Independence Mission was sent to the U.S in 1918 but because of the world situation resulting from the recently concluding world war, the mission did not achieve anything

The following year, another Independence mission was sent to the U.S to convince the American Congress that the conditions set by the Jones law, prerequisits for Independence had been met but like the first mission the second mission not achieve nothing

Independence Misson

Os- Rox mission-the mission headed by senator Sergio S. Osmeña and speaker Manuel A Roxas

It was instructed by the legislature to work for early grant of Philippine Independence

American Group American Farm Group-which believed that

Philippine Agricultural Products, like sugar and coconut oil, which were entering the U.S free of duty, competed with American Products

The Osmeña –Roxas Mission

American labor leaders-believed that Filipino laborers that were entering the U.S without any restriction were also competing with American laborers because Filipino laborers accepted low wages, driving out American laborers, those higher standard of living required them to demand for higher wages

Isolationists-one who is against involvement in any heated issue of engagement in conflict or war

Commonwealth Period-this law provided that at the end of ten year period

The commonwealth period government to be established in the Philippines was to be autonomous

The law also provided that fifty Filipino immigrants would be allowed to enter the U.S every year for a period of ten years

Some Philippines Product like sugar, oil, abacca and other fibers were to enter the U.S in limited quantities, while U.S product were allowed free enter in the Philippines

The Hare-Hawes-Cutting Law

Quezon was inform about the passage of the Here-Hawes-Cutting Law, he thought that it was not a good law

President Franklin Delino Roosebelt-it was understood that were inequalities existed this could be corrected

The Quezon Mission

The Trading-Mc Duffie Act-provided for the Framing of the Constitution for Commonwealth Government

July 30, 1934 The Constitutional Convention was inaugurated Claro M. Recto-learned scholar, lawyer, poet, and

parliamentarian

Framing the Constitution

The Filipino Women, formed La Gota de Leche, to help bring down infant morality, La Asociacion Feminista Filipina and the La Asociacion Feminista Flonga to fight for women's right to vote and to run for public officer and all of their plans were granted after three decades

The Women Soffrage