Discovering

History
By: The Command Group (Group 1)
 What we’ll discuss

Events that occurred in the

Philippines during the
U.S.A. Period
 "May mas malaki
tayong kalaban sa mga
Amerikano–ang ating
sarili.”
-Heneral Luna
Intro
The period of American colonialization of the
Philippines was 48 years. It began with the
cession of the Philippines to the U.S. by
Spain in 1898 and lasted until the U.S.
recognition of Philippine independence in
1946.
When was the Philippines colonized by the
US?
Crisis Phase (December 10, 1898-
The United StatesOctober
government
31,formally
1899)
acquired the Philippines from Spain by signing
the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898.
Insights 2
The U.S. government declared military rule in
the Philippines on December 21, 1898.
 What happened?
1 2
During this period, the They established a
American government public school system
implemented reforms and trained the
that restricted the Filipinos gradually for
Philippine society. self-government
3 4
New industries
Under the Americans, developed, such as
the Philippine economy commercial shipping,
started to become transportation,
telecommunications,
market-oriented. trade and commerce,
logging mining,
banking, and finance.
Laws passed by the
United States Congress
• Treaty of Paris (1898)
• Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act (1909)
• Underwood-Simmons Act (1913)
• Tydings-McDuffie Law (1934)
Treaty of Paris
The treaty extended the right
of Spain to engage in free
trade with the Philippines
until 1908. Furthermore, it
granted the Spaniards and the
Americans equal access to
Philippine natural resources.
Not until the ten-year period
had lapsed could the United
States enact policy
1898 exclusively favorable to
American economic interests.
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
It defined the trade relations between the
A
Philippines and the United States. It granted the
Americans the right to trade freely with the
Philippines, but it did not accord the same right to
the Filipinos.
Quotas and tariffs are barriers to free trade. They
limit a country’s ability to export and import.
• Quotas are quantitative limits to the amount of
commodities a country could export to another
country.
• Tariffs are taxes or customs duties on imports.
• Exports are goods that a country sell to
another country, while imports are the goods a
Underwood-Simmons
Four years after the Payne-
Act Aldrich Act was passed, the
United States Congress
enacted the Underwood-
Simmons Act.
The law removed the quotas
and tariffs on Philippine
goods exported to the United
States , provided those goods
did not contain imported
1913 materials whose value was
more than 20% of the total
value of the product.
Underwood-Simmons
Act The Underwood-Simmons
Act did not grant the
Philippines free trade rights. It
still restricted the country’s
exports to the United States
regardless of the materials
used in production.
Nonetheless, the law was
more liberal than the Payne-
1913 Aldrich Act.
 Tydings-McDuffie
Law
The Tydings-McDuffie Law guaranteed
Philippine independence after a ten-
year transition period., during which a
commonwealth government would be
organized in the Philippines.

The law redefined the commercial and

trade relations between the Philippines
and the United States. Moreover, the
law provided that on the sixth year of
the ten-year transition period, taxes
were already to be levied on Philippine
goods on a graduated basis.
Thank You
for
listening!