The United States controlled the Philippines, why didn't it develop into a colony?

At that time, the United States controlled the Philippines, which actually became a colony of the United States, but later the Philippines became independent from the United States. At that time, the Philippines was able to succeed independently, mainly because of the Great Depression in the United States, and Americans were also afraid that the Philippines would let the American economy continue to slump.

You know 1898 After the Spanish-American War ended, the United States succeeded and had the power to manage the Philippines. At that time, the Philippines became a colony of the United States. However, at that time, the US Congress had a very big discussion on whether the Philippines should be annexed. When the United States ruled the Philippines, most of them cooperated with the elites of the upper class to realize the rule of the Philippines.

At that time, because the Philippines was a colony of the United States, some economic policies formulated by the United States were also implemented in the Philippines. At that time, the United States can be said to count the Philippines as a part of its own territory. So at that time, the Philippines had far more advantages than other countries in trade with other countries, especially in commodity trade. A large number of cheap labor from the United States and the Philippines began to enter various industries in the United States. Especially in the agricultural products industry, the Philippines has the most cheap labor.

At that time, the United States agreed to Philippine independence because the United States was facing the Great Depression. At that time, many people in the United States were unemployed, and the original sugar industry did not develop at all. At that time, faced with this situation, farmers and workers from all walks of life in the United States revolted in succession. These people in the United States strongly demand that Philippine sugar and immigrants be restricted from entering the United States. Of course, if the United States wants to achieve this goal, it can only agree to Philippine independence. Because only when the Philippines is independent, it will be the same as other countries in the transaction with the United States, and the advantages that the Philippines originally enjoyed will be gone. These demands of the lower class in the United States also influenced the members of the US Senate at that time. After some consideration, the United States finally agreed to the independence of the Philippines. Of course, a very important reason is that the economy of the Philippines is very backward. Americans feel that if the Philippines is a part of the United States, it will bring down its own economy.