THE PHILIPPINE UNDER

AMERICAN
AND JAPANESE RULE
Japanese dominance

On January 2, 1942, Japan seized control of the whole Manila

region. Following the invasion, General Masaharu Homma, the
Supreme Commander of the Japanese Imperial Army in the
Philippines, quickly announced their policies. He states that a
Director-General will be in charge of the Military Government of
Japan. He will watch the entire invasion and takeover of the entire
nation. General Homma proclaimed the termination of American
authority over the whole Philippines.
On January 2, 1942, Japan seized control of the whole Manila region.
Following the invasion, General Masaharu Homma, the Supreme
Commander of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines, quickly
announced their policies. He states that a Director-General will be in
charge of the Military Government of Japan. A new administration was
rapidly formed in the Philippines by the Japanese military power through
the use of a preexisting "Council of State," which oversaw civilian
matters. The Japanese pledged independence for the islands after
"liberating" the Philippines, and in October 1943 the Republic of the
Philippines was established.
The Philippine
Commonwealth
Government
Philippine Commonwealth Government was a ten year
transitional period in the Philippines from 1935-1945 in
preparation for the independence from the United States .
On November 15,1935, the
inauguration of the Philippine
Government happened. Manuel L.
Quezon was elected president in to his
speech was;
The primary concerns in the transition period were.

1. National Security and National Defense

2. Social Justice of the Country
3. Education

4.Language

5. Economic Development
• Was a Filipino statesman, soldier, and
political who served at the first

President of the Commonwealth of the

Philippine.
• Was the first Filipino to head a
government of the entire
Philippines and is considered to
have been the second of
President of the Philippines,
after Emilio Aguinaldo.
• He was also the Governor of Tayabas
province before being elected a

representative in 1907 to the newly

establish Philippine Assembly.

• In 1909, Quezon was appointed resident
commissioner for the Philippines, entitled to
speak but prohibited to vote, in the U.S.
House of Representative. During his years in
Washington, he fought for a speedt grant of
independence by the U.S., which happened in
1935.
ACHIEVEMENT OF QUEZON ADMISTRATION UNDER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT

1. Reorganization of government by creating

offices, including department of national
defense institute of national language and the
national council of education, filipinization of
the judiciary from supreme Court to the
municipal Court.
 ACHIEVEMENT OF QUEZON ADMISTRATION UNDER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT

2. Granting the women suffrage.

3. Creation of new chartered cities-

Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao,
Zamboanga, San Pablo, Quezon City,
Cavite and Tagaytay.

4. The adaption of national language,

based on tagalog
ACHIEVEMENT OF QUEZON ADMISTRATION UNDER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT

4. The adaption of national language,

based on tagalog

5. Eight hour labor act

6. Compulsory military training of able-bodied Filipino

youths under the supervision of Gen. Douglas Mc.
Arthur.
ACHIEVEMENT OF QUEZON ADMISTRATION UNDER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT

7. Taking of the official census of the

Philippines.
8. The improve of the Philippine economy
as revealed by the growth of agriculture

9. Commerce and Industry.

10. Creation of Joint Preparatory Committee
on Philippines Affair (JPCPA)
 ACHIEVEMENT OF QUEZON ADMISTRATION UNDER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT

11. Passing of three amendments of the

1935 Phil. Constitution.

A. Tenure of the President and Vice president was four

years with reelection of another term.
B. Establishment of a Bicameral Congress of the
Philippines.
C. Creation of an independent commission of election
composed of three members to suprevise
• Was a lawyer (Graduated from the
University of Santo Thomas in 1913)

• He was statesman and leader of

the 'Filipino first'' movement that
attacked U.S. 'neo-colonial" in the
Philippines"
• Elected to the Philippines House of
Representative" in 1919

• And serve for three terms in a

minority floor leaders

• Became a senator in 1931

• Elected to the Philippines House of
Representative" in 1919

• And serve for three terms in a

minority floor leaders

• Became a senator in 1931

THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH

• Manuel L. Quezon died in New York ( Aug.

1, 1944)

• Because of that V.P. Osmena

became the president of the
Philippine Commonwealth
 • Filipino political who served as 3rd
President of the Philippines, from
1944 to1946

• Prior to his succession upon the

sudden death of President
Quezon in New York,he first
became governor inCebu from
1906 to1907

Sergio Osmeña
Sep.9, 1978 - October 19, 1961
 • He was also a member of the
House Representative from 1907
to 1922 as a speaker of the house.

• He also served as a senator and

as a Senate Pro- Temporo before
he won as a Vice President in
1935 election as running mate of
Manuel Quezon

Sergio Osmeña
Sep.9, 1978 - October 19, 1961
 • He was the oldest to hold the
office of the President at the age of
65 until the election of 2016 of
2016 when Rodrigo Roa Duterte
won the Presidency at the age of
71.

• Osmeña was the first Visyan to

become the President of the
Philippines
Sergio Osmeña
Sep.9, 1978 - October 19, 1961
 The Philippine under
the Japanese Military
The Suspension of the Filipino Freedom

The Japanese Imperial Army implemented a

totalitarian government in the entire country. They
suspended the Democratic Government established
by the Americans. They removed and suspended
our freedom and stripped the Filipinos against their
rights such as:
 The right to live in a free world and the right for education

 The right to equal trial wherein an accused is presume innocent

until proven guilty

 The right for free-press

 The right to conduct a free assembly to air their grievances

 The right to freely travel to any destination

 And the right to choose the leaders of their community