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The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
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Tydings–McDuffie Act
1934 U.S. federal law providing the Philippines with a process for independence
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United States Congress
Bicameral legislature of the United States
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Philippines
Country in Southeast Asia
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Commonwealth of the Philippines
U.S. territory in Southeast Asia (1935–1946)
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States that existed from 1935 to 1946. It was established following the Tydings–McDuffie Act to replace the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands and was designed as a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 24
Day of the year
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