In 1521.
Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other former Spanish territories.
The US had arrived on the world stage and because of the rapid and total defeat of the two Spanish Fleets it had become a World Power.
True, it gained the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
1898 as war booty after the US won 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.
Spanish-American War (Puerto Rico and Guam also became U.S. territories)
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
The Philippines are not a state in the United States. They are an independent country. They were a territory of the US until 1947.
From 1521 to 1898 the Philippines was a Spanish colony, under Spanish policy the nation was answerable for religious institutions; they wanted the Filipinos to become Roman Catholic. They also wanted the Philippines to become a trade port; this was a boost for the economy.
The laws of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period were created by the Spanish Crown and the Spanish colonial authorities in consultation with the Church. These laws were aimed at governing the colony and ensuring Spanish control over the territory.
Many follow Christianity because the Philippines used to be Spanish Territory. Spain is predominantly Roman Catholic. It also used to be a U.S. Territory, and the U.S. is mostly Christian, specifically Protestant.
that was when the spanish authority ruled over the entire archipelago.
Puerto Rico,The Islands of Guam and the Philippines
Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
July 4,1946
Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other former Spanish territories.
No, the Philippines is an independent country. It was held as a territory of the United States from 1898 until 1946 (except when occupied by Japan) as a result of the Spanish-American War.