No. The United States acquired the Philippines as part of the Washington Protocol of Peace which ended the Spanish-American War.
When congress accepted responsibility for the islands
The United States purchased the Philippines from Spain but conquered Guam.
The Philippines declared Independence from Spain on June 12, 1898, but that was quashed by US military force. The Philippines became independent from the US on 4 July 1946.
They were ceded to the US by Spain after the Spanish American War.
The United States took the Philippines as a colony after taking control of it from Spain.
The Philippines became part of the Us becasue the US defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War and required Spain to sell the islads to the US.
Spain agreed to sell the Philippines to the United States
Spain sold the Philippines to the US because Spain had been defeated by the US in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and one of the provisions the US required in the Peace Treaty was the sale of the Philippines
The US purchased it from Spain for $20 million.
Spain gave the United States full control to the Philippines in December 1898.
Spain.
When congress accepted responsibility for the islands
In 1898, the U.S. declared war on Spain, which the Spaniards lost. After the war, a treaty was signed in Paris, France in which transferred ownership of several territories from Spain to the U.S. including the Philippines. The treaty also stipulated payment of US$ 20 million for the Philippines.
The United States purchased the Philippines from Spain but conquered Guam.
Spain gave the U.S. control over the region
The US purchased the Philippines from Spain which is considerably different from taking those Islands as a prize in warfare.
OK, that would be The Philippines