the philippines gained independence from united states on july 2, 1902.
the philippines gained independence from united states on july 2, 1902.
when did the philippines gain independence from united states?
july 2, 1902
the philippines became a colony of the united states following 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. delayed by world war ii and the japanese invasion and occupation of the philippines, the philippines became fully independent on july 4, 1946. following independence there remained in the philippines a strong american military presence including a number of united states military bases in the philippines, all allowed by treaties between the newly independent philippines and the united states. there were also a number of treaties that created a strong bond between the philippines and the united states which gave both countries rights not enjoyed by other nations. the mutual defense treaty between the republic of the philippines and the united states of america was signed on august 30, 1951, in washington, d.c. between representatives of the philippines and the united states.
mutual defense treaty (united states–philippines)
bullet::::- large-scale decolonization in africa first began in the 1950s. in 1951, libya became the first african country to gain independence in the decade, and in 1954 the algerian war began. 1956 saw sudan, morocco, and tunisia become independent, and the next year ghana became the first sub-saharan african nation to gain independence.









































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bullet::::- european common market – the european communities (or common markets), the precursor of the european union, was established with the treaty of rome in 1957.
1950s