Before the US became involved, the Spanish colonial government was fighting an insurrection that continued when Spain ceded the Philippines to the US. The US felt an obligation to the Philippine people to remain until order could be restored and a stable and benign civilian government could be set up.
They occupied the Philippines
The Philippine Islands were a US territory from 1898 or 1903, depending on how you consider the political situation in those years, until full independence was achieved in 1946. So it was a US possession for 43 - 48 years.
No. Except for the Japanese occupation during Wrold War 2, the US controlled the Philippines from 1898 - 1946.
As a result of the Spanish-American War, 1898 the US occupied Guam, the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The US purchased the Philippine Islands for $20,000 and became independent in 1948; Cuba became a protectorate of the US but obtained its independence from Spain; and Guam became a territory of the US as well as Puerto Rico.
The Philippine islands were a possession of Spain for some 350 years until they were transferred to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War.
They saw the Philippines as the key to American influence in Asia.
William McKinley
William McKinley.
Philippine Islands
The population of Bank of the Philippine Islands is 12,089.
The motto of Bank of the Philippine Islands is 'Let's make it easy.'.
the philippines are islands (philippine islands)
The Philippine Islands extends farther south.
The Philippine Islands extends farther south.
The Philippine Islands belong to the Filipino people as a sovereign nation. The government of the Philippines exercises authority over the territory.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands has many branches across the Philippine Islands. It also has full banking service branches located in Rome, Milan and London.
because it has many islands