manuel l. quezon proposed the idea of the philippine autonomy act.
manuel l. quezon proposed the idea of the philippine autonomy act.
who proposed the idea of the philippine autonomy act?
manuel l. quezon
in 1907, he was elected to the first philippine assembly – later became the house of representatives – where he served as majority floor leader and chairman of the committee on rules as well as the chairman also of the committee on appropriations. from 1909 to 1916, he served as one of the philippines' two resident commissioners to the u.s. house of representatives, lobbying for the passage of the philippine autonomy act or jones law.









































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manuel l. quezon
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the philippine autonomy act of 1916, sometimes known as "jones law", modified the structure of the philippine government by removing the philippine commission as the legislative upper house and replacing it with a senate elected by filipino voters, creating the philippines' first fully elected national legislature. this act also explicitly stated that it was and had always been the purpose of the people of the united states to end their sovereignty over the philippine islands and to recognise philippine independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein.
constitution of the philippines