US COLONY TO PHILIPPINE’S ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE

- Here come's America's colonial rule. To run America's new passession, President
William Mckinley, implemented a policy of Benevolent Assimilation. So Benevolent
Assimilation is a policy under which the United States would control the Philippines
temporarily while it oversaw the transition to self-rule and independence. In this, a civil
government was established with William Howard Taft as the first American Governor-
General of the Philippines.

-He set up local governmental bodies and a system of universal public education, during
the Spanish colonial rule, an may access la hadto ha education was those that belong to
higher hierarchy of the society. So hira hin-o ini? An mga Espanyol, mga Filipino na may
position ha government, etc etcy So basically, those who doesn't belong there doesn't
know how to read or write. In order to aid this matter, an mga Amerikano nagkuha hira
hin American teachers to teach Filipinos. These teachers were imported via USS Thomas,
hence they were popularly called Thomasites.

-And English was also declared as the official language. As a result of this, the number of
Filipinos who know how to read and write increased and English was commonly used in
writing literary pieces.

-During also the American colonization, our economy prospered kay nagkamay-ada hin
damo nga job opportunities due to the establishment of factories, oil mills, sugar centrals,
fish canning, and small alcohol distilleries throughout the Philippines.

- Also transportation was improved. The railway line was extended from 200 kilometers
to 1,000 kilometers. Ini nga railway line, gin extend ini hiya ngadto han provinces han
Northern and Southern Luzon. The Manila-Dagupan Railway that was founded during
the Spanish period, was acquired by the government and became the Manila Railroad
Company.

-As much as damo an nabulig ham mga Amerikano ha aton, mayda gihorp mga atrocities
nga ha hinabo, one was the land tenure system. During han panahon han mga Espanyol,
naghatag hin dagko nga katunaan an mga Espanyol ha Catholic church and one of the
first things that the Americans did was to redistribute this land properties. An problema,
ini mga katunaan, waray hikadto han nga mga small farmers or tenants kundi nahingadto
han mga large land owners. This is because those small farmers couldn't pay the asked
price or couldn't prove the that they were the former owner of the land.

-This was reportedly said by President William Mckinley to William Howard Taft han
ginsugo ni Mckinley hi Taft ra mag-ayad hin civil government. While nothing was
explicit was said about independence, these instructions were later often cited as
supporting such a goal.

-And now, letle talk about Philippines' Road to Independence. 2 important laws were
passed that promised Philippines independence and freedom.

-These were the Jones Law and the Tydings-McDuffie Act

-The Jones Law or the Philippine Autonomy Act stated nga in the near future, magiging
malaya na it Pilipinas as this will be an American policy. This law was proposed by po
the American congressman, "William Atkinson Jones and was approved by President
Woodrow Wilson on 1914.

- The Tydings - McDuffie Act naman was proposed by Hilliard Tydings and John
McDuffie and was approved on 1984

- This act stated the 10-year preparation for the Philippine independence through a
commonwealth government.