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For the protection of such New Territories after the Philippines was ceded to the US by Spain and until all postwar rebellion had been quelled and stable new government had been formed in a democratic manner. Without a clear move like that, these new lands were easy pickings for other nations to make a claim on. The US was saying to the World at large, Back Off. The Philippines is under US Protection.
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∙ 14y agoSome of the motives for annexation are: for a city to get bigger, to expand their tax bases, to get more people, to control development and receive federal grants
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∙ 9y agoThe US annexed the Philippines in 1899, long before World War 1, which began in 1914.
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