During the Spanish-American War, the Americans helped the Philippines get free from Spain. In 1956, America gave the Philippines their independence.
Spain is 6,751 kilometers from America.
Spain sold the Philippines to the US because Spain had been defeated by the US in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and one of the provisions the US required in the Peace Treaty was the sale of the Philippines
America have had Spain sold the Philippines thru the Maharlikan Royal Nobilities handing 20 million dollars in gold coins to give to Spain in the Treaty of Paris of December 10, 1898, however, tacitly in exchanged of a "Titulo De Compra" in the name of Prince Julian Acuna Ulrijal Bolkiah Tagean whose issued 1764 British Protocol Decree 01-4 was later recognized as OCT 01-4 as a Torrens Title in October 13,1904 by the United States Administration of the Philippines.
In 1898, the U.S. declared war on Spain, which the Spaniards lost. After the war, a treaty was signed in Paris, France in which transferred ownership of several territories from Spain to the U.S. including the Philippines. The treaty also stipulated payment of US$ 20 million for the Philippines.
Philippines and Puerto Rico....
During the Spanish-American War, the Americans helped the Philippines get free from Spain. In 1956, America gave the Philippines their independence.
The Philippines, Guam, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
By treaty with Spain.
The Philippines.
Spain invaded the Philippines. Which is why some filipino words have the same meaning in Spanish. E.g Trabaho - Job/work
In the Spanish American War of 1898
It lost its remaining colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean, notably the Philippines and Cuba. Almost all of the other Spanish dominions in Latin America had already achieved independence.
The US purchased the Philippines from Spain which is considerably different from taking those Islands as a prize in warfare.
The Philippines was part of Spain until the Spanish/American War, when America gained the Philippines as a territory, then in 1946 they became an independent nation
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It lost its remaining colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean, notably the Philippines and Cuba. Almost all of the other Spanish dominions in Latin America had already achieved independence.