Spain ceded full control of the Philippines to the United States as a result of the Treaty of Paris, signed in December 1898, which concluded the Spanish-American War. The war highlighted Spain's weakened colonial power and the U.S. emerging as a global force. In exchange for $20 million, the U.S. acquired the Philippines, alongside Puerto Rico and Guam, marking a significant shift in imperial dynamics and establishing American influence in Asia. This decision was also influenced by the desire to prevent other powers from gaining control of the archipelago.
The United States had taken control of the Philippines from Spain.
Yes, the Philippines was a Spanish colony for over three centuries, from 1565 until 1898. Following the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris, marking the transition from Spanish to American control. Thus, the Philippines was under Spanish rule before becoming a territory of the United States.
Hawaii was annexed by the United States as a key territory in the Pacific.
On April 25, 1898, the united states declared war on Spain and the secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, ordered Dewey attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. The battle of Manila Bay was the first hostile engagement in the Spanish-American war.
The Philippines , Guam and Puerto Rico .
The United States had taken control of the Philippines from Spain.
The United States had taken control of the Philippines from Spain.
Spain gave the United States full control to the Philippines in December 1898.
The United States took the Philippines as a colony after taking control of it from Spain.
Spain gave the United States full control to the Philippines in December 1898.
When congress accepted responsibility for the islands
first it was Spain, second it was the united states but then later on in time the united states gave the Philippine's their independence
Spain agreed to sell the Philippines to the United States
Yes, the Philippines was a Spanish colony for over three centuries, from 1565 until 1898. Following the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris, marking the transition from Spanish to American control. Thus, the Philippines was under Spanish rule before becoming a territory of the United States.
Hawaii was annexed by the United States as a key territory in the Pacific.
At various times Spain, the United States, and( for a short time) Japan, controlled the Philippines before that nation became independent in 1946
Spain lost the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the United States in 1898. Spain also lost the right to control Cuba after the Treaty of Paris.