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Insular Government
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Insular Government of the Philippine Islands.
The Philippine Insular Government (Spanish: Gobierno de las Islas Filipinas) was an unincorporated territory of the United States that was established on April 11, 1899 upon ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It was reorganized in 1935 in preparation for later independence. The Insular Government was preceded by the Military Government of the Philippine Islands and was followed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines.