Original sentence: After democratizing the governmental and educational systems of the country, the US finally granted independence to the Philippines on 4 July 1946 through the Treaty of Manila.The Philippine Revolutionary Government did not recognize the treaty.When the Americans sought to execute the terms of the treaty, a three-year conflict, now called the Philippine-American War, ensued
Edited sentence: After democratizing the governmental and educational systems of the country, the US finally granted independence to the Republic of the Philippines on 4 July 1946 via the Treaty of Manila.Pockets of resistance continued well beyond the armistice of 1902 that paved the way for American colonization of the archipelago.The Philippine Revolutionary Government did not recognize the treaty, having already gained the upper hand in its war of independence from Spain.This conflict represents the first of America's mass deployment of its troops into foreign soil and saw the evolution of guerrilla warfare as bands of poorly armed Filipinos challenged the highly organized and provisioned US armed forces.When the Americans sought to execute the terms of the treaty, a bitter three-year conflict, now called the Philippine-American War, ensued