U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands

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The U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands was the American military administration that governed the Philippines following its acquisition from Spain after the Spanish–American War, before the establishment of civilian colonial rule.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administration ⓘ
military government ⓘ
appliesFrom after the capture of Manila by U.S. forces ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Filipinos ⓘ
linked to: Filipino people

Spanish colonists in the Philippines ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
appliesToTerritory Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines

Philippines ⓘ
appliesUntil establishment of U.S. civil government in the Philippines ⓘ
capital Manila ⓘ
commonName U.S. Military Government in the Philippines ⓘ
controlledBy United States War Department ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currency Philippine peso ⓘ
dissolved 1901 ⓘ
endTime 1901-07-04 ⓘ
establishedAsResultOf Spanish–American War ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ
firstLeader Wesley Merritt ⓘ
flag flag of the United States ⓘ
followedBy Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
U.S. Insular Government of the Philippines ⓘ
governmentType military dictatorship ⓘ
military occupation government ⓘ
hasPurpose administration of occupied Philippine territory ⓘ
transition to civilian colonial rule ⓘ
headOfGovernment Military Governor of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
headOfState President of the United States ⓘ
inception 1898 ⓘ
lastLeader Arthur MacArthur Jr. ⓘ
leader Arthur MacArthur Jr. ⓘ
Elwell Stephen Otis ⓘ
Wesley Merritt ⓘ
legalForm military administration ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Army ⓘ
partOf American colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
precededBy Spanish colonial government of the Philippines ⓘ
replacedBy Philippine Commission government ⓘ
civilian colonial government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Manila (1898) ⓘ
Philippine–American War ⓘ
capture of Emilio Aguinaldo ⓘ
startTime 1898-08-14 ⓘ
usedLegalSystem Spanish colonial law (transitional) ⓘ
U.S. military law ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Military Government in Cuba → relatedTo → U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
Governor-General of the Philippines → partOf → United States colonial administration in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
First Philippine Republic → followedBy → United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
First Philippine Republic → followedBy → Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
Philippine Reservation exhibit → organizer → Philippine Commission ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
Military Governor of the Philippines → partOf → United States Military Government in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
Administration of the Philippines as military governor → mainSubject → U.S. military government in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
Captaincy General of the Philippines → replacedBy → United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands → commonName → U.S. Military Government in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
United States military tribunal in Manila → oversight → United States military government in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
República Filipina → followedBy → United States military government in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
Battle of Bud Bagsak → partOf → American pacification campaigns in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands → replaced → United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands