United States Territory

United States Territory

1901
      Civil government was established by the United States with William Howard Taft, as the first American-Governor of the Philippines.

                                       












 


 Arthur MacArthur Jr.
      He became the military Governor-General of the America. He was replaced by Governor W.H. Taft.



1907
     The Philippine constabulary was organized to deal with the remnants of the insurgent movement and elected Philippine Assembly. Became a lower house of a bicameral legislative, with the Appointed Philippine commission as upper house.






1913
      Woodrow Wilson became US President and a new policy was adapted to put into motion a process that would gradually lead to Philippine Independence.

The Jones Act 
       Passed by the US Congress in 1916 to serve as the new organic law in the Philippines, promised eventual independence and an instituted an elected Philippine Senate.

1918
       Several independence missions were sent to Washington, D.C. A civil service was formed and was gradually taken over by Filipinos, 

   
1907
      Philippine Politics during the American territorial era was dominated by the Nacionalista Party.
The party's platform called for "immediate independence", their policy was highly accomodating the Americans.



Manuel L. Quezon
       Spearheaded the call for independence, who served continuosly as Senate President from 1916 until 1935.











Frank Murphy
       was the last Governor-General of the Philippines (1933-1935) and the first US High Commissioner of the Philippines (1935-36). The change in form was more than symbolic: it was intended as a manifestation of the transition to independence.