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Roxas and McNutt sign in Manila; the Philippines is a republic after 381 years of foreign rule
The Treaty of Manila ends U.S. sovereignty over the islands, with Roxas sworn as the new republic's first president.
By 1946, the Philippines had endured 381 years of foreign rule since Spanish colonization began in 1565: first Spain for 333 years, then the United States after the 1898 war ceded the islands, then a brutal Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. On July 4, 1946, in Manila, U.S. High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt and Philippine President Manuel Roxas signed the Treaty of Manila, while The United States formally recognized Philippine independence through the Treaty of Manila. The Republic of the Philippines gained independence, with Roxas as its president. The treaty entered into force on October 22, 1946, once both nations exchanged ratifications…
