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After the Philippine-American War, the US governed the Philippines as a US possession.
As it had promised to do before the war, after World War 2 the US granted independence to the Philippines.
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The first of the US defensive alliances in the Far East was with?
the Philippine island
Is the Philippine islands owned by the US?
No. Except for the Japanese occupation during Wrold War 2, the US controlled the Philippines from 1898 - 1946.
Who owned the Philippines before the US?
The Philippine islands were a possession of Spain for some 350 years until they were transferred to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War.
What Spanish colonies were annexed to the United States?
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.
Who did the us defeat to gain control of the Philippines?
The U.S defeated Spain the the 1898 Spanish-Ameircan War to obtain ownership and control of the Philippines. The US then defeated Filipinos in the Philippine-American War (called Philipppine Insurrection in the US) in the early 1900's to gaincomplete control of the Philippines.
