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.
They came under US control as an aftermath of the Spanish-American War.
The US acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam in the Treaty of Paris that was signed to end the Spanish-American War.
The Spanish-American War.
The United States acquired the Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American War.
The US gained possession of Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. Note that although the US no longer owns Cuba, it does still control Guantanamo Bay, and the Philippines was granted Independence after WW2.
The US acquired Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico!!!*****Important*****_THE_UNITED_STATES NEVER ENDED UP ACQUIRING CUBA!!!!"
The Spanish-American War was mainly fought for Cuban independence. The Americans fought with the Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Filipinos against the Spanish. The American side won and then the US acquired three Spanish territories: the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The US also acquired Cuba although this was not a transfer from the Spanish.
Puerto Rico.
The United States acquired the Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American War.
The US gained possession of Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. Note that although the US no longer owns Cuba, it does still control Guantanamo Bay, and the Philippines was granted Independence after WW2.
The Spanish-American War was mainly fought for Cuban independence. The Americans fought with the Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Filipinos against the Spanish. The American side won and then the US acquired three Spanish territories: the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The US also acquired Cuba although this was not a transfer from the Spanish.
The US acquired Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico!!!*****Important*****_THE_UNITED_STATES NEVER ENDED UP ACQUIRING CUBA!!!!"
Territories of Guam, Philippines and Cuba was ceded to USA but Cuba gained independance in 1902 and Philippines in 1946 after the Second World War.
The Spanish-American War was mainly fought for Cuban independence. The Americans fought with the Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Filipinos against the Spanish. The American side won and then the US acquired three Spanish territories: the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The US also acquired Cuba although this was not a transfer from the Spanish.
Puerto Rico.
Technically, Spain ceded only Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the US as part of the Treaty of Paris in 1898. Spain simply relinquished all claims on Cuba in the treaty, which the US then ruled under a US Miltary Government until Cuba became a republic in 1902.*After disputes over what islands to be ceded, the US compensated Spain for the loss of the Philippines in the sum of 20 million US dollars.The US acquired Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico as a result of the Spanish-American War. Spain forfeited sovereignty over Cuba, although Cuba was controlled by the United States for four years.The Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
The Spanish-American War.
The Spanish American War.
The Spanish-American War was mainly fought for Cuban independence. The Americans fought with the Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Filipinos against the Spanish. The American side won and then the US acquired three Spanish territories: the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The US also acquired Cuba although this was not a transfer from the Spanish.
The US took control of Puerto Rico and the Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American War, when the US fought Spain in a short war.