Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

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The Insular Government of the Philippine Islands was the United States colonial administration that governed the Philippines from the early 1900s until the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1935.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government
former administrative territorial entity
insular government
alsoKnownAs Insular Government of the Philippines
Philippine Insular Government
appliesToJurisdiction Philippine Islands
appliesToTerritorialEntity Luzon
Mindanao
Visayas
capital Manila
country United States of America
currency Philippine peso
demographicGroupGoverned American residents in the Philippines
Filipinos
linked to: Filipino people
endTime 1935
establishedBy United States Congress
executiveHeadOfGovernment Governor-General of the Philippines
firstGovernorGeneral William Howard Taft
flagUsed Flag of the United States
linked to: United States flag
followedBy Commonwealth of the Philippines
governmentType civilian colonial administration
hasJudicialBody Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
headOfState President of the United States
introducedPolicy creation of a civil service
land tax reforms
public education system in English
lastGovernorGeneral Frank Murphy
legalBasis Jones Law of 1916
Philippine Organic Act of 1902
legislativeBody Philippine Commission
Philippine Legislature
locatedInTimeZone Philippine Standard Time
mainReligionInTerritory Roman Catholicism
officialLanguage English
Spanish
partOf American colonial empire
precededBy First Philippine Republic (de facto in much of the archipelago)
replaced United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands
replacedBy Commonwealth Government of the Philippines
significantEvent Jones Law enacted in 1916
Philippine Organic Act enacted in 1902
Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934 preparing for Commonwealth status
creation of bicameral Philippine Legislature in 1916
startTime 1901
territoryStatus unincorporated territory of the United States
usedLegalSystem American common law adapted to local conditions

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Jones Act (Philippines) appliesToJurisdiction Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Military Governor of the Philippines replacedBy Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Japanese occupation of the Philippines precededBy Commonwealth of the Philippines under United States rule
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Philippine Constabulary controlledBy Philippine Commission (early period)
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Leonard Wood partOf United States colonial administration in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands followedBy Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands followedBy U.S. Insular Government of the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands replacedBy Philippine Commission government
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Malolos Congress followedBy Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
American colonial period in the Philippines hasPart Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
American colonial period in the Philippines governingBody Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
República Filipina followedBy Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Bud Dajo massacre organizedBy United States colonial administration in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Moro Province partOf Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Moro Province establishedBy United States colonial administration in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Dean C. Worcester memberOf Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States appointedBy Philippine Commission (initially)
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Sultanate of Sulu successorState Philippine Islands (U.S. colonial administration)
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands legislativeBody Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands alsoKnownAs Insular Government of the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands alsoKnownAs Philippine Insular Government
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Kennon Road builtBy United States colonial government in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Philippine Legislature partOf Government of the Philippine Islands
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Philippine Legislature replaced Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Philippine Legislature followed Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Department of Instruction (Philippines) jurisdiction Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
subject linked to: Department of Instruction
Department of Instruction (Philippines) parentAgency Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
subject linked to: Department of Instruction
Philippine National Guard organizedBy Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 175 of the Philippine Commission legislativeBody Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
William E. Parsons employer United States colonial administration in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Macario Sakay opponent American colonial government in the Philippines
subject linked to: Macario
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Tagalog Republic dissolvedBy United States colonial government in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 1870 enactedBy Philippine Commission
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Cayetano Arellano appointedBy United States colonial administration in the Philippines
linked to: Insular Government of the Philippine Islands