After the Spanish-American War, the Philippines became a possession of the United States of America.
At Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.
The Manila Bay
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To attack the Spanish fleet based in Manila Bay.
In the Philippines, the Philippine American War began, but the other islands (Cuba, Puerto Rico) were relatively tranquil. The loss of Cuba and Puerto Rico effectively ended 4 centuries of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
The Spanish American War ennded and the Philippine American War began.
: They occupied the Phillippines After the Spanish-American War the US required Spain to sell the islands to the US for $20,000,000. There followed a local war called the Philippine-Ameircan War in the Philippines and the Philippine insurrection in the US, in which Filipinos tried to obtain complete independence. The US prevailed and governed the Philippines (except during the Japanese occupation during World War 2) until 1946 when full independence was granted.
At Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.
The Philippine Islands.
The Manila Bay
It began with the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.
At Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.
The Spanish-American War was a war fought oversea (meaning from one island to another) involving campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Islands.
No, it was the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.
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After the Spanish-American War, the 1898 Treaty of Paris gave America absolute control of the Philippine Islands from Spain. The American finally wom the American-Philippine war in 1913 asserting American dominance over the islands. In 1917, since the islands were a direct dependency and territory of the United States, they went to war with American against the central powers. They spent a year mobilizing a new Philippine National Guard which was trained and sent to France with American Expeditionary Forces.
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