Editing Commonwealth of the Philippines (section)

=== Uprisings and agrarian reform ===
{{See also|Land reform in the Philippines}}

During the Commonwealth period, [[tenant farmer]]s held grievances often rooted to debt caused by the [[sharecropping]] system, as well as by the dramatic increase in population, which added economic pressure to the tenant farmers' families.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippine history American Colony and Philippine Commonwealth (1901–1941) |url=http://www.asia.msu.edu/seasia/Philippines/History/hist_AmerColony.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010133830/http://www.asia.msu.edu/seasia/Philippines/History/hist_AmerColony.html |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |publisher=MSU |work=Windows on Asia |access-date=February 11, 2007}}</ref> As a result, an [[agrarian reform]] program was initiated by the Commonwealth. However, success of the program was hampered by ongoing clashes between tenants and landowners.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

An example of these clashes includes one initiated by [[Benigno Ramos]] through his ''[[Sakdalista]]'' movement,{{sfn|Roces | Luna | Arcilla|1986 |p=140}} which advocated tax reductions, land reforms, the breakup of the large estates or ''[[hacienda]]s'', and the severing of American ties. The uprising, which occurred in Central Luzon in May 1935, claimed about a hundred lives.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}