<P> The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 covers the period of American rule in the Philippines and began with the outbreak of the Spanish -- American War in April 1898 , when the Philippines was still part of the Spanish East Indies , and concluded when the United States formally recognised the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4 , 1946 . </P>
<P> The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 covers the period of American rule in the Philippines and began with the outbreak of the Spanish -- American War in April 1898 , when the Philippines was still part of the Spanish East Indies , and concluded when the United States formally recognised the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4 , 1946 . </P>
when did the philippines stop being a us territory
when did the philippines stop being a us territory
July 4 , 1946
July 4 , 1946