Under which government structure did Quezon serve as president?
Military Junta
Commonwealth
Republic
Empire
Answer
The answer is the Commonwealth government. Manuel L. Quezon became the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935, a period of transition for the Philippines towards self-governance and eventual independence from the United States. The Commonwealth government was established under the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which set a ten-year timeframe for the Philippines to prepare for full independence.
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