-The American rule in the Philippines lasted from 1898 to 1946.
July 4,1901- the Civil Government was established, replacing the Military Government.
July 1,1902- the United States Congress passed the Philippine Bill and established the Philippine Assembly.
-The provisions of the Philippine Bill of 1902 were:
1. extension of the Bill of Rights to the Filipino people, except the right of trial by jury.
2. appointment of two Filipino resident commissioners to Washington.
3. establishment of an elective Philippine Assembly, after the proclamation of complete peace, and after the publication of census
4. retention of the Philippine Commission as the upper house of the legislature, with the Philippine Assembly acting as the lower house.
5. the consultation on the natural resources of the Philippines for the Filipinos.
THE AMERICAN POLICY ON FILIPINIZATION The United States adopted the policy of gradual substitution of American with Filipino personnel in the government service as one of the governing principles of American colonial policy.
TAFT COMMISSION AND FILIPINIZATION PRESIDENT McKINLEY- instructed the Philippine Commission to prepare the guidelines for the gradual Filipinization of the government.
-The Taft Commission was also ordered by President McKinley through the recommendations of the Schurman Commission to consider the extension of a system of primary education, which shall be free of all. FILIPINIZATION- as an administrative policy of the United States, was dictated by political and economic factors.
-The Department of Public Instruction remained in American hands until the establishment of the Commonwealth Government in 1935.
TRAINING FOR SELF-GOVERNMNET
-The training for self-government included the reorganization of the municipal government, on January 31, 1901, in accordance with McKinley’s instruction that the Filipinos should be allowed to manage their own municipal governments. The