- Philippine–American War - Wikipedia
Philippine nationalists had proclaimed independence in June 1898 and constituted the First Philippine Republic in January 1899 The United States did not recognize either event as legitimate, and tensions escalated until fighting commenced on February 4, 1899, in the Battle of Manila
- The Philippine-American War, - Office of the Historian
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris
- American Imperialism: Annexing the Philippines
For these reasons of strategic, economic, political, social, and moral expansion and growth of the United States there was a favorable opinion for the Philippines annexation as desired by imperialists like Mahan, Roosevelt, and Schurman
- Philippine-American War | Facts, History, Significance | Britannica
The Treaty of Paris (1898), signed by representatives of Spain and the United States in December, transferred Philippine sovereignty from Spain to the United States
- Philippine-American War, U. S. imperialism, Emilio Aguinaldo . . .
Pictured are U S soldiers with a 3 2-inch M1897 gun in Manila during the Philippine-American War Annexation followed by a guerrilla war made the Philippines a flashpoint for a profound debate over the role of American empire in the Pacific
- The Philippines, 1898–1946 | US House of Representatives: History, Art . . .
The tariff bill reported by the Ways and Means Committee, what became known as the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act, provided American businesses with virtually unlimited access to the Philippine market while simultaneously installing quotas on Philippine imports to the United States
- US annexation of the Philippines Definition - AP US History Key Term . . .
The Treaty of Paris, signed in December 1898, formalized the transfer of sovereignty from Spain to the United States, granting the U S control over the Philippines for $20 million
- Philippine-American Conflict - Theodore Roosevelt Center
Filipinos did not recognize the treaty, however, because it called for Spain to cede the Philippines to the United States (for a sum of twenty million dollars) rather than allow them their promised independence Critics in America and abroad accused President William McKinley of imperialism
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