Why did the US release the Phillipines as a colony?
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The United States had promised the Philippines independence in 1934, on a timetable to end in 1946, and kept that promise. Beginning in 1935, the Philippines had Commonwealth status as a stopgap.
The Philippines had fallen "accidentally" to the United States in the Spanish American war, because it was a possession of Spain. In this regard, it was unlike Cuba (subsequently set free), that provided the "causus belli" ("remember the Maine,") or even nearby Puerto Rico.
Few Americans wanted the country to get directly involved in Asia. The preferred posture in that part of the world (e.g. China) was the "Open Door Policy.")
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The Philippines had already been scheduled to become fully independent on July 4th, 1945. But this was interrupted by WW2. As a result of which, independence was delayed by one year (July 4th, 1946). Details:
The Philippine Independence Act (1934) provided that the Philippines would gain independence on the 4th day of July, "ten years from the date of the inauguration of the new government under the constitution provided for in this Act".
The 1935 Constitution was ratified on May 14, 1935. And so independence day for the Philippines was scheduled for July 4, 1945. But this was interrupted by WW2.
The Philippines was granted full independence* on July 4, 1946, through the Treaty of Manila (1946).
*Actually, not quite "full" independence, because the US retained military bases and other privileges.
(As for why the Philippines had, even before WW2, already been scheduled to become fully independent, that is probably a separate question. I'm also not so sure about the premise that "the US ended up being dragged into WWII [because] Japan wanted their colonies in the Pacific".)
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The US were dragged into WWII for many reasons - and I'm not so sure that the Japanese planned on invading US territories until after the US had already joined in. Pearl Harbour was more of an attempt (which spectacularly failed) to dissuade the US from interfering in the Japanese invasion of British, French and Dutch territory. There's also a good chance the US would have entered the war in 1942 anyway.
The Treaty of Manila was the final phase in a process begun well before the war broke out.
The Philippines were also a founding member Of The UN - before the Treaty of Manila.
And, don't forget - empires were incredibly unpopular following the war, with the European powers divesting their territories over the next 50 years.
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