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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 ...
De Ungria, Ricardo M. "Philippine Literature in English" Quindoza-Santiago, Dr. Lilia. "Philippine Literature during the American Period" Retrieved August 26, 2005. Enriquez, Amee R. "The Writer's Life : The Chick Who Writes Chick Lit" Patron Ida Yap, Interactive Reading – Responding to and Writing about Philippine Literature
The American occupation and eventual colonization of the Philippines paved the way for newer styles and genres. Compared to the more rigid literature of the Spanish era, the American period saw the popularity of the "free verse" in the Philippines, allowing for flexible poetry, prose, and other wordcraft. [8]
The Commonwealth period (1935–1946) saw significant increases of American presence in the Philippines. By 1941, more than 20,000 U.S. military personnel were assigned to the Philippine Department of the United States Army Forces in the Far East when the Japanese invaded the Philippines. Many Americans were captured and imprisoned by Japanese ...
It was headed by Paul Monroe, who at the time was the Director of the International Institute of Teachers College, Columbia University, and it was composed by a total of 23 education professionals, mostly from the U.S. and some from the Philippines. During 1925 the Commission visited schools all throughout the Philippines, interviewing a total ...
The Philippines currently celebrates its Independence Day on June 12, the anniversary of Emilio Aguinaldo's declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. The declaration was not recognised by the United States which, after defeating the Spanish in the Battle of Manila Bay in May that year, acquired the Philippine Islands via the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War.
During the 1935–41 period, the Commonwealth of the Philippines featured a very strong executive, a unicameral National Assembly, [53] [54] and a Supreme Court, [55] all composed entirely of Filipinos, as well as an elected Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives (as Puerto Rico does today).
The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a "special relationship" [1] [2] as a consequence of the Philippines' American colonial period between 1898 and 1946. The Philippines is one of the United States oldest Asian partners and a strategically major non-NATO ally.