Republic of the Philippines

Philippines becomes independent under a treaty with the United States

📅 4 July 1946

The United States recognized the Republic of the Philippines as independent. Formal sovereignty followed decades of US rule and wartime occupation, but economic dependence persisted through trade...

Philippines becomes formally independent under unequal U.S. economic terms

📅 4 July 1946

The United States formally recognized Philippine independence after decades of colonial rule and a devastating Japanese occupation. The Bell Trade Act and related arrangements tied reconstruction...