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This is getting off topic but I do not believe that the Commonwealth of the Philippines was legally/formally a US territory in 1939. It was a protectorate whose
by blululu 1y ago
This is getting off topic but I do not believe that the Commonwealth of the Philippines was legally/formally a US territory in 1939. It was a protectorate whose foreign affairs were administered by the United States, but it had its own government/constitution that was formally independent and administered by Filipinos. It was more like Cuba than Puerto Rico in the context of the Spanish American war.
- mothballed 1y agoBeing a territory doesn't mean you become a citizen in any case. American Samoans are not citizens, nor are they entitled to bypass the naturalization process if they wish to become one.
- sgustard 1y agoOn the other hand, people born in Guam, Puerto Rico, NMI or AVI are US citizens. https://ballotpedia.org/Citizenship_status_in_territories_of_the_United_States https://ballotpedia.org/Citizenship_status_in_territories_of...
- stackskipton 1y agoThey don’t bypass naturalization process but US Nationals can apply for US citizenship by moving to United States, which they have right to with no limits, and apply for naturalization within 3 months of being here. They take the tests and boom done, US citizens.
- bluGill 1y agoWhen the US took the Philippines the plans started soon after to make them an independent country.