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Day OF FREEDOM
For more than three hundred years, Spain ruled our land. The Spanish flag in our land to sow
that the Philippines is Spain territory, Then, the Americans came. They freed us from the
Spanish rule. For fifty years, we were governed by the Americans. We were permitted to
establish our own government but under the control and supervision of the Americans.
In 1941, the Japanese invaded the Philippines. Under the Japanese, we suffered three year of
hunger, fear and misery. With the help of the Americans, our Filipino guerillas were able to
defeat the Japanese invaders.
Once, more peace came to our country. The fourth of July, known as the Fil- American
Friendship Day, marked the beginning of Philippines independence. It was on the
fourth of July that we were granted total freedom.
c. The United States ruled our land for how many years?
d. How many decades left after the invader if we after the invasion from last
1941, until the recent years?
e. At what year we were totally freed from the invaders?