▁the ▁American ▁rule . ▁The ▁Americans , ▁unlike ▁their ▁prede cess ors , ▁provided ▁partial ▁liberty ▁to ▁the ▁Filip inos ▁by ▁prepar ing ▁the ▁latter ▁to ▁achieve ▁independence ▁and ▁run ▁its ▁own ▁government ▁through ▁a ▁Commonwealth ▁form ▁of ▁state . ▁ ▁The ▁initial ▁resistance ▁turned ▁into ▁market ▁co operation ▁that ▁em an ated ▁from ▁trust ▁and ▁good ▁will ▁of ▁Filip ino ▁people ▁towards ▁the ▁American ▁colon izers ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁United ▁States ’ ▁colon ization ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁protected ▁the ▁country ▁from ▁vic iss itudes ▁of ▁world ▁sugar ▁prices ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁free ▁access ▁to ▁a ▁protected ▁and ▁subs id ized ▁American ▁market , ▁which ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁established ▁free ▁trade ▁with ▁its ▁Philipp ine ▁col ony . ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁treated ▁the ▁Philippines ▁like ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁American ▁states ▁that ▁resulted ▁to ▁state ▁protection ▁of ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁sugar ▁market . ▁Tw enty - one ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁en act ed ▁a ▁qu ota ▁system ▁on ▁sugar ▁that ▁remained ▁enfor ced ▁until ▁early ▁ 7 0 s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁U . S . ▁Sug ar ▁Act ▁was ▁am ended ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁following ▁terms ▁in ▁Qu ota ▁system : ▁ ▁A ▁basic ▁qu ota ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁short ▁tons ▁plus ▁ 1 0 . 8 6 % ▁of ▁any ▁U . S . ▁consumption ▁increase ▁from ▁