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Campaign for Independence (1919-1934) and Philippine Commonwealth (1935-1946)
now on exhibit from June to October 2008
| It was never the intention of the United States to remain forever as a colonial power. “The Philippines are ours,” enunciated President McKinley, “Not to exploit, but to developed, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government.” From 1919 to 1934, the Filipino people sent twelve independence missions to America to remind her of the independence pledge and to counteract certain subversive forces against the Filipino cause. The historic independence movement was climaxed in 1934 when Congress passed the Tydings-McDuffie Law establishing the Philippine Commonwealth with complete independence after ten years, that is, on July 4, 1946. |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Tydings-McDuffie Law (24 March 1935) |
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