The United States ruled the Philippines from December 10,1898 to July 4,1902. So, it lasted 3 years,8 months,and 24 days.
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Philippine annexation would be peaceful if nobody resisted. THEY WERE OPPOSED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO RULE THEMSELVES.
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
U.S controlled the Philippines.
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Why did the Americans take the Philippines in 1899? to mine golds in different locations in the Philippines. Encyclopedia of the Philippines have long records of it.