They occupied the Philippines.
They occupied the Philippines
After the Spanish American War, the United States was able to annex several colonies that had belonged to Spain. Among others, they included Cuba and the Philippine Islands.
As a result of the Spanish-American War, 1898 the US occupied Guam, the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The US purchased the Philippine Islands for $20,000 and became independent in 1948; Cuba became a protectorate of the US but obtained its independence from Spain; and Guam became a territory of the US as well as Puerto Rico.
It is the United States, and we need to know which war.
Some territories acquired at least partially as a result of war were.The thirteen (13) colonies from the Revolutionary War stretching to the Eastern shore of the Mississippi and north to the great lakesAmerican Samoa was acquired under the 1899 Treaty of Berlin between Germany, Great Britain, and the United States .The Federated States of Micronesia were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands . (now independent)Guam became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War. Under the December 10, 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the island to the United States .The Northern Mariana Islands were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands .The Republic of the Marshall Islands was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands . (now independent)The Republic of Palau was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands . (now independent)The Philippines became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War. (Given independence after W W II )Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War .Cuba became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War . (Soon granted independence)New Mexico is a US Territory after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo .California is a US Territory after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo .Arizona is a US Territory after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo .Florida was acquired by cash payment after a US army was sent to its borders and military action was threatened by implication if not actuality..
They occupied the Philippines
After the Spanish-American War, the Philippines became a possession of the United States of America.
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Guam was a Spanish colony from 1565 until 1898 and was governed from the Philippines by the Spanish but was not a part of the Philippine Islands, it is in fact the largest of the Mariana Islands. Following the Spanish-American war the United States took control of Guam as part of the Treaty of Paris. Guam is today a territory of the United States with a locally elected governor.
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.
They occupied the Philippines
Spain lost Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands to the United States as a result of the Spanish American War.
This was known as the Spanish-American war. The United States gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands as territories. Cuba became independent; especially from the sovereignty of Spain, but they were still required to present their foreign policy to the United States.
United States of America earned the following : Puerto Rico Guam Philippines
The Phillippine War was so unpopular with the United States because it was a war that was against the United States. The war was between the years of 1899 - 1902.
They occupied the Philippines
The Spanish colonial period was approximately 333 years, beginning with a settlement at Cebu in 1565, and ending with the cession of the islands to the United States in 1898, following the Spanish-American War.