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After the Spanish-American War, the Philippines became a possession of the United States of America.

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What was the result of the Spanish-American War in the Philippine Islands?

The Spanish American War ennded and the Philippine American War began.


What happened to Philippine islands after spanish American war?

: 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.


Where was the first battle during the Spanish American War?

At Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.


Where were most of the territories that America acquired during the Spanish American War?

The Philippine Islands.


Where did the fighting occur in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish American War?

The Manila Bay


Spanish-American War began where?

It began with the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.


Where were the first battlefield sites of the Spanish Anerican War?

At Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.


Where was the Spanish-American War?

The Spanish-American War was a war fought oversea (meaning from one island to another) involving campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Islands.


Was the first battle of the Spanish American war fought in Puerto Rico?

No, it was the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.


What was the name of the port in the Philippine Islands that was the site of first major battle during the Spanish-American war?

Manila.


Why did the Philippine islands enter World War 1?

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.


The first action of the spanish american war took place in?

the Philippine islandmanila bay May 1, 1898