The 1898 Treaty of Paris.
The Spanish-America war in 1898. American forces landed on the island. Once the war ended it was ceded from Spain to the United States.
The United States received Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
The United States of America was in control of the Philippines, in 1900. The United States won control of the Philippines from the Spanish in 1898.
The United States had taken control of the Philippines from Spain.
The United States had taken control of the Philippines from Spain.
The Spanish American War resulted in the US getting control of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The Philipine independence was recognized in 1946. Puerto Rico remains a Commonwealth of the United States.
April 29 1898
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines
Because the United States acquired the territories of Puerto Rico, Cuba, GUAM and the Philippines.
When the United States paid $20million as set out in the Treaty of Paris
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines were purchased by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War of 1898, while William McKinley was President. (The Philippines gained its independence from the United States in 1946.)
Puerto Rico is part of the United States although it is not a State. It is an organized territory of the United States located in the Greater Antilles about 1000 miles southeast of Miami, Florida. People born in Puerto Rico are US citizens.