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As required by the Bell Trade Act, a plebiscite was held in the Philippines to amend the Philippine Constitution to provide for "parity rights" between American and Philippine citizens. Prior to the plebiscite, the Constitutional amendment had to be approved by the Philippine Congress, which required a 3/4 vote by the Philippine House and ...
Philippines–United States relations (Filipino: Ugnayang Pilipinas at Estados Unidos) are the bilateral and diplomatic relations of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America. The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a " special relationship " [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as a consequence of the Philippines ...
The Laurel–Langley Agreement was a trade agreement signed in 1955 between the United States and its former colony the Philippines.It expired in 1974. It was an amendment to the Bell Trade Act, which had given full parity rights to American citizens and businesses.
Face of empire: United States-Philippine relations, 1898–1946. Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 978-971-550-254-2. Weir, Fraser (1998), "American Colony and Philippine Commonwealth 1901–1941", A Centennial History of Philippine Independence, 1898–1998
The land redistribution program was stipulated in at least three laws: the Philippine Organic Act, [204] the Public Lands Act, [233] and the Friar Lands Act. [ 234 ] [ 235 ] Section 10 of the Public Lands Act limited purchases to a maximum of 16 hectares for an individual or 1024 hectares for a corporation or like association.
The Philippines became a US territory after the Spanish–American War and the subsequent Philippine–American War.In 1935, under the terms of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth, the Philippine Commonwealth, with full independence planned for ten years later.
The Philippine Insurrection, also known as the Philippine-American War, is a forgotten chapter in America’s history, even though it lasted over three years and claimed 4,200 American lives.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...