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1947, March 11
 
The Parity Amendment to the constitution gave U.S. citizens the right to equal access to Philippine resources. The amendment passed partly because of the propagandizing of Roxas.  1
 
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The U.S. was given the right to military bases in the Philippines on a 99-year lease. Nationalists were upset by these actions.  2
 
 
 
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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