The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tydings–McDuffie_Act" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tydings–McDuffie Act">Tydings–McDuffie Act</a> is passed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>, allowing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> to become a self-governing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">commonwealth</a>.<sup about="#mwt242" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-46"}}' id="cite_ref-46" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-46" id="mwAQw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 46;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ0">[46]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt246" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-47"}}' id="cite_ref-47" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-47" id="mwAQ4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 47;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ8">[47]</span></a></sup>
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