Troops on the march, Spanish American War. Artist Glackens ... Admiral George Dewey's exploits in the Philippines also captured the public's imagination and in the long run proved more significant.

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Following its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain relinquished the control of its colonies located in the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States at the Treaty of Paris on ...

Aguinaldo defeated Spanish forces in several ... By the end of the Philippine War in 1902, more 40,000 Filipinos and 4,000 American soldiers were dead.

Furthermore, the Filipinos had no desire to trade Spanish rule for American rule and violently resisted occupation by U.S. forces. The notably dirty Philippine-American War that followed from 1899 ...

Following their victory over Spain in the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898, the U.S. acquired the Philippines through the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War. 4. Philippine ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The handing over of Guam and Philippines would have greater repercussions down the road, as placed the United States on a collision course with another ...

The insurrection followed the U.S. taking control of the Philippines from Spain during the Spanish-American War in 1898. “For me as the researcher who discovered the relevant documents and their ...

The US Volunteers had enlisted for the Philippine-American War not the Spanish-American War. There were now 35,000 American ...

The Philippine-American War took place 1898-1902, following the Spanish-American War, when the United States annexed the Philippines, only granting full independence to the country in 1946.