The United States purchased the Philippines from Spain but conquered Guam.
By treaty with Spain.
After losing the Spanish-American War in 1898, Spain had to give up Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba to the US, leaving Spain with only the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, and continental Spain to its name.
Magellan made quite an exhaustive trip from Spain to the Philippines. It included Portugal and Brazil, Guam, Cebu, Trinidad, and finally the Philippines.
The Philippines , Guam and Puerto Rico .
The Philippines, Guam, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
The Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba.
By the US from Spain in the Spanish American War.
Guam and Puerto Rico and the US purchased the Philippines.
In winning the Spanish-American war, in 1898, America gained temporary control of Cuba and indefinite colonial authority of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines from the Spanish. In 1946 the Philippines gained independence from the U.S, but Guam and Puerto Rico are still today U.S territories. They also got a neverending headache because of Cuba.
No countries were, only Spanish territories. They were Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Cuba and the Philippines are now countries today as they got their independence from the US, however, Puerto Rico and Guam are still American territories.
Spain lost territory in 1898 as opposed to gaining it. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were bequeathed by Spain to the United States according to the Treaty of Paris of 1898.